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When Do the Menendez Brothers Get Out of Prison? Their Sentences

With Netflix releasing a show about the Menendez brothers, their case has resurfaced and gained renewed attention.

The two were convicted of murdering their parents, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, in 1989 when Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 at their Beverly Hills home. The killings occurred in imperfect self-defense, after a lifetime of physical and sexual abuse from their parents.” Despite the petition, the brothers remain imprisoned. Seven months after the murders, the brothers were arrested after their psychologist, Dr. Jerome Oziel, revealed that Erik had confessed during a therapy session.

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