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The Menendez Brothers Are One Step Closer to Being Released
A Tuesday resentencing means they are now eligible for parole.
California’s state parole board will now need to review the case and make a decision on their potential release, in a process that NBC Los Angeles reports will likely take weeks or months (and still requires final approval from Governor Gavin Newsom). Several family members testified that the brothers deserve a second chance, arguing that they have changed during their decades in custody and worked to positively impact other inmates. Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said the preliminary results of a risk assessment — ordered by Governor Newsom as part of that separate clemency request — deemed the brothers to be at a “moderate risk of violence.” He also alluded to the high-profile nature of the case, which experienced a resurgence of public interest in 2024 following Ryan Murphy’s drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, a Netflix documentary, and support for the brothers from celebrities including Kim Kardashian.
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