Menendez Brothers’ Parole Listening to Is Delayed by 2 Months

The Menendez brothers‘ parole listening to has been delayed by over two months.

Erik Menendez, 54, and Lyle Menendez, 57, have been resentenced to 50 years to life in jail on Could 13, making them eligible for parole. The resentencing got here practically 30 years after they have been convicted of murdering their mother and father, José and Kitty Menendez, of their Beverly Hills, Calif., residence in 1996.

A parole listening to was initially set for June 13, however has now been rescheduled to Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, the California Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) introduced on Monday, Could 19, per ABC News.

The siblings have been beforehand sentenced to life in jail with out parole for fatally capturing their mother and father within the den of their residence on Aug. 20, 1989.

Erik and Lyle alleged that the murders got here after their father — the chief working officer of RCA Information — sexually abused them for years and their mom, a former pageant queen, ignored the abuse.

Efforts to free the brothers gained traction in 2023 when their attorneys filed a habeas corpus petition with Los Angeles County Superior Court docket, citing new evidence within the case, together with a newly found letter Erik wrote to his cousin Andy Cano describing his father’s alleged sexual abuse months earlier than the murders happened.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom might doubtlessly search to grant the brothers clemency and may grant clemency at any time, although he has mentioned his determination won’t be made till after their remaining listening to, with their parole within the arms of the parole board. To this point, Newsom, 57, has requested the parole board conduct a complete threat evaluation investigation into whether or not the brothers might pose a threat to public security ought to they be launched.

In keeping with ABC Information, previous to the CDCR’s announcement, it appeared that the parole board listening to that was scheduled for June 13 was only for the governor’s clemency path, with a purpose to give him perception for a choice on whether or not to grant the brothers clemency or not.

future parole issues would have taken place at separate hearings, doubtless months after the listening to that was already scheduled for June.

For greater than 20 years, Erik and Lyle have been imprisoned individually, with Lyle in Mule Creek State Jail in Ione, Calif., and Erik about 500 miles away at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County. In 2018, each brothers have been moved into the identical unit in Donovan.

The brothers have spent their time in jail on training and group organizing. In June 2024, Lyle earned his bachelor’s diploma in sociology at UC Irvine together with 23 of his fellow inmates, and he’s at present pursuing a grasp’s diploma in city planning.

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In October 2024, the brothers launched a jail beautification undertaking by which prisoners painted murals in permitted public areas of Donovan, per the Associated Press.

The Menendez brothers’ surprising case captivated the nation with a televised trial within the Nineteen Nineties, and obtained newfound public curiosity each by social media and Ryan Murphy‘s 2024 Netflix present Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story.

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