US EditionErik and Lyle Menendez can be resentenced for their parents' murders, judge rules
- On May 13, 2025, Judge Michael Jesic reduced Erik and Lyle Menendez's life without parole sentences to 50 years to life in Los Angeles County.
- This resentencing followed new evidence of alleged abuse and the brothers' 35 years of rehabilitation in prison under California's youthful offender law.
- Relatives, a former judge, and a former inmate testified in support, highlighting the brothers' prison programs aiding elderly inmates and their remorse.
- Judge Jesic described the crime as "absolutely horrific" but expressed the view that after more than three decades, the brothers have demonstrated sufficient rehabilitation to potentially be granted parole in the future.
- The brothers are now eligible for parole, but prosecutors contend that they have yet to acknowledge the full extent of their actions, and the final decision on their release will rest with the state parole board.
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After a judge cut their sentences, the Menendez brothers face a parole board next
Lyle and Erik Menendez could end up before a parole board as early as next month after they were granted their first chance at freedom in decades. A Los Angeles judge this week reduced the brothers’ sentences from life in…
·Pennsylvania, United States
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In the United States, the Menéndezam brothers convicted of murdering their parents in 1989 were reduced from life to 50 years.
On 13 May, Judge L.A. commuted the sentence of the brothers Erica and Lila Menéndez, who had been sentenced in 1996 to life imprisonment for the murder of their parents in 1989.
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