Menendez brothers receive parole suitability hearing scheduled for March 2027
Erik and Lyle Menendez have been granted an early parole suitability hearing set for March 2027 after their sentences were reduced to 50 years to life.
A California parole board has scheduled a parole suitability hearing for Erik Menendez, 55, and Lyle Menendez, 58, for March 2027, moving the date up from the previously expected August 2028. The acceleration is based on Proposition 9, which allows earlier hearings when circumstances change. The brothers were resentenced in May 2025 to a term of 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole.
Their family highlighted the brothers' involvement in a hospice program and a prison beautification initiative. Earlier parole requests were rejected after the brothers were found to have violated prison rules, including the use of illegal cellphones.
How this was covered
- Right-leaning coverage is the most divided on this story
Why it matters
The hearing will determine whether the Menendez brothers, convicted of a high‑profile double murder, could be released back into society.
How this story developed
- Sep 7 Menendez brothers receive parole suitability hearing scheduled for March 2027
- Sep 9 The parole hearing date was moved up to March 2027.
In this story
