The California Democrat makes the final decision if the parole board recommends their release following the infamous, decades-old murder case.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman speaks to the media during a hearing in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez Tuesday, May 13, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) This combination of two booking photos provided by the California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez,

Menendez brothers' attorney Mark Geragos speaks out after a judge reduces the brothers sentences, making Lyle and Erik eligible for parole.

Diddy. Mark Geragos was a cheerful and familiar face for some at Sean “Diddy” Combs’s Manhattan federal court sex-trafficking trial on Wednesday morning. The celebrity lawyer, who has represented the Menendez brothers since 2023, is not officially ...

A judge’s ruling made Lyle and Erik Menendez eligible for parole, but they still face multiple hurdles in their fight to be released from prison for the 1989 murder of their parents.

In May 2023, 34 years after the murders, the brothers’ lawyers filed a habeas corpus petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court seeking a new trial based on new evidence, bringing the case back into the spotlight.

A judge’s ruling to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez last week gave the siblings something they’ve not had in more than three decades: a chance that they could leave the Southern California prison where they’re incarcerated.

As a court reviewed the Menendez murder case, the culture and politics of the 1990s were scrutinized almost as much as the horrific crime.