Erik and Lyle Menendez are eligible for parole after reinning

Erik and Lyle Menéndez have been renamed at the latest hearing since their murder case still decades.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic It was awarded on Tuesday, May 13, that the brothers would be re -appointed to 50 years live, a prison term that makes them eligible for parole.

Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were charged with murdering their parents, José and LackIn their Beverly Hills, California, a home in 1989 when the brothers were aged 18 and 21, respectively. After their arrests in 1990, they were eventually found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in 1996.

During Tuesday’s ruling, the judge said he does not believe the brothers posed “unreasonable risk” if released, NBC News.

While the new ruling does not automatically mean that Erik and Lyle will be released from prison, the duo will now have the opportunity to appear before a parole board that will recommend whether they should be available for parole, per Close. That recommendation would then be passed on to governor Gavin Newsomwho could refuse to release them.

Erik and Lyle gave statements following their second place on Tuesday. “Today, 35 years later, I have a deep shame who I was, ”Lyle told the court, by NBC news, admitting he made a” ridicule of the legal system “after he was arrested by trying to get people to cause themselves on his behalf.

Following the release of Limited 2024 Netflix series Monsters and after a documentary a documentary The Menéndez brothersThe story of Erik and Lyle re -drawn the magnifying glass, triggering calls for their release given new evidence indicating that José claimed she had molested his sons. Post-guilty attorney of the brothers and sisters Mark Geragos already filed an appeal in 2023, asking for Retria after a former Meno -Member Roy Roussillon José allegedly molested her. Geragos also referred to a newly discovered letter by Erik to his cousin Andy canowhere he described his father’s alleged sexual abuse months before the double murder.

Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón requested in October that the Brothers sentences are reducednoting at a press conference at the time Erik and Lyle would “be eligible for parole” as they were under 26 when the murders occurred.

“They’ve been in prison for almost 35 years. I think they paid their debt to society,” said Gaskon at the time, adding that the brothers were “safe to be integrated into society.”

The effort to secure the early release of the brothers struck a possible way in November, when Nathan Hochman was elected as the new Los Angeles area attorney, taking over over a gasket. Hochman TMZ assured that the Case would take “high priority” When he took a job in December, he also explained in a statement to CNN that he could be delayed as he reviewed the details thoroughly.

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As the brothers waited for a decision, they extended The family asked publicly about their release from prison. Bryan FreedmanAttorney for 24 extended members of the José and Kitty family issued a statement on their behalf to Weekly US in November 2024.

“The 24 family members I represent are victims and the family of those sentenced. They should no longer have to suffer,” said Freedman. “It is high time Erik and Lyle Menéndez were released. For their family and their family. These men have spent their time and proved to be excellent citizens during imprisonment despite no hope of release. It’s time for them and the family to get better.”

The statement continued: “Childhood sexual abuse is not based on sex, and there is a failure to acknowledge that set a very dangerous precedent. Politics should not stand in the way of doing the right thing. We will find it hard to believe that Nathan Hochman would feel different. The victims’ family and my company will continue to overcome their right govern and do so on those rights and do so on those rights and do so on those rights and achieve that, which anyone will suffer in achieving that and continues that justice will join us. ”