Menendez brothers are one step closer to being released – what happens next?

Brian's Empire KE Updated: 05/16/2025

Brian's Empire KE Published: 04/17/2025Updated: 05/16/2025 134 views 1 minutes read Donate

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Menendez brothers are one step closer to being released – what happens next?

Decades after being sentenced to life without parole for murdering their parents, the Menendez brothers may have a route to freedom. But what does their resentencing mean, and what happens now?

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Joseph Lyle Menéndez and Erik Galen Menéndez. Pics: Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility

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Attorney Mark Geragos hugs Anamaria Baralt, cousin of Erik and Lyle Menendez, after the brothers' resentencing hearing. Pic: AP

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Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman. Pic: AP

Erik Menendez, left, and his brother, Lyle, sit in the courtroom, Sept. 1, 1992 in Beverly Hills, California as a judge scheduled an October 13 court session to set a date to begin their preliminary hearing. The brothers are accused of murdering their wealthy parents three years ago. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) — Image:
Erik Menendez, left, and his brother, Lyle, sit in the courtroom in 1992. Pic: AP

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California governor Gavin Newsom. Pic: AP

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit in Beverly Hills Municipal Court where their attorneys delayed making pleas on behalf of the brothers who are suspected in the murders of their millionaire parents, Jose and Mary Louise ?Kitty? Menendez, in Beverly Hills, Calif., last Aug., March 12, 1990. The arraignment for the brothers has been scheduled for March 26. (AP Photo/Nick Ut) — Image:
Lyle and Erik Menendez before entering their pleas in 1990

Lyle Menendez, left confers with brother Erik during a court appearance, April 2, 1991 in Beverly Hills, California. Lawyers for the brothers won another delay of a preliminary hearing while they seek a state Supreme Court opinion on whether an alleged murder confession is protected by doctor-patient privilege. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) — Image:
Lyle Menendez confers with brother Erik during trial in 1991. Pic: AP

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