The decision comes 36 years and one day after Erik and his brother Lyle shot and killed their parents in the family's Beverly Hills mansion

LOS ANGELES: The Menendez brothers will make their cases for parole starting Thursday, marking the closest they’ve been to winning freedom from prison since their convictions…

Erik and Lyle Menendez, sentenced to life over 1989 killings of parents, eligible for parole after judge’s May decision