Erik and Lyle Menendez will appear before a parole board next March. Their parole eligibility was advanced by approximately seventeen months from the original date. The brothers were convicted in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents. A judge reduced their sentences, making them eligible for parole consideration. The California Board of Parole Hearings granted their petitions for earlier hearings.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were granted on Monday an early parole suitability hearing, tentatively scheduled for March 2027.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have an opportunity to fight for parole earlier than expected, the California Board of Parole has ruled.