California lawmaker Brian Jones criticized a bill he said could release over 1,600 killers, linking its resurgence to the Menendez brothers' case and social media attention.

The Menendez brothers’ lawyers paint Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman’s motion to rescind his predecessor's resentencing request as motivated by politics, not legal reasoning.

What to Know. A scheduled two-day resentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez, part of a process that could eventually lead to the brothers' release from prison, was postponed.; A meeting to ...

Menendez brothers resentenced: ... This makes them eligible for parole under California's youthful offender law because they committed the murders before they were 26.

Menendez brothers, Erik, left, and Lyle on the steps of their Beverly Hills home in November, 1989. (Getty Images) “I don’t think they should be resentenced right now,” Hochman said in a ...

The brothers are immediately eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime at ages 18 and 21, both under the age of 26.

What to Know. A resentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez, part of a process that could eventually lead to the brothers' release from prison, will proceed Thursday before a judge in Van Nuys ...

A Los Angeles judge has paused a hearing on whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should receive reduced sentences. The brothers were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents in 1989.

The resentencing effort and clemency petition are the primary legal pathways that could lead to the brothers’ freedom. It was more than 35 years ago that Lyle and Erik Menendez — then 21 and ...

California lawmaker Brian Jones criticized a bill he said could release over 1,600 killers, linking its resurgence to the Menendez brothers' case and social media attention.

California lawmaker Brian Jones criticized a bill he said could release over 1,600 killers, linking its resurgence to the Menendez brothers' case and social media attention.