Menendez Brothers Granted Early Parole Suitability Hearing Scheduled for March 2027, Family Says
The board moved the brothers’ next review up by more than a year after their 2025 resentencing made them eligible for parole consideration.
- On Monday, the California Board of Parole Hearing tentatively scheduled Erik Menendez, 55, and Lyle Menendez, 58, for a parole hearing in March 2027, advancing their review more than one year earlier than previously expected.
- Proposition 9, a 2008 law amending California's Constitution to provide crime victim rights, permits earlier hearing dates "if there is a change in circumstances or new information indicating the person may be suitable for parole."
- Both brothers were assessed as moderate risk and resentenced in May 2025 to 50 years to life, automatically qualifying them for parole consideration because they were younger than 26 when the crimes occurred; they remain at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.
- The family released a statement Monday expressing they are "deeply grateful to the Parole Board for recognizing their efforts and allowing them to advance their parole hearing," highlighting the brothers' work establishing a hospice program and creating Green Space.
- Originally eligible for review in August 2028, the brothers' advancement reflects Marsy's Law's administrative review process, which focuses on inmates with a good possibility of suitability after receiving the shortest three-year denial length available under the law.
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The Menendez Brothers’ suitability hearing before California Parole Board moved up to March 2027
California corrections officials have authorized an accelerated timeline for Lyle and Erik Menendez, setting their next parole suitability proceedings for March 2027. State authorities approved administrative reviews that successfully moved up the siblings’ scheduling slot by nearly The post The Menendez Brothers’ suitability hearing before California Parole Board moved up to March 2027 appeared first on KLBJ-AM - Austin, TX.
Menendez Brothers Get Good News
A notorious Beverly Hills murder case is edging back into the spotlight. California's parole board has approved an earlier parole suitability hearing for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted in 1996 of fatally shooting their parents, Jose and Kitty, in 1989. The session is tentatively scheduled for March 2027, more...
The family of the brothers Erik and Lyle Menéndez celebrates the advance of the hearing by March 2027; they had the option of a hearing until August 2028
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