Erik and Lyle Menendez went on trial in 1993, with each brother having his own jury. Prosecutors alleged the brothers -- who went on a spending spree after the slayings -- killed their wealthy ...

A Los Angeles judge has resentenced the Menendez brothers, making them eligible for parole after serving prison time for the shotgun murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills, California ...

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 ...

In that trial, each brother had his own jury. ... The Menendez brothers are already scheduled for a board hearing on June 13, related to a separate petition for clemency.

Why did the Menendez brothers kill their parents? ... The brothers were taken into custody in 1990 and in 1993 they were tried for the murders, first individually, with one jury for each brother.

A Los Angeles judge has resentenced the Menendez brothers, making them eligible for parole after serving prison time for the shotgun murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills, California ...

The Menendez brothers were convicted of first-degree murder for the 1989 killings of their parents, José and Kitty Menendez. ... Their first trial ended in a deadlocked jury, ...

After a first trial ended in a hung jury in 1994, the brothers were found guilty by a second jury in 1996 of first-degree murder for fatally shooting their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, on ...

Lyle Menendez, 57, and Erik Menendez, 54, were originally sentenced to life without parole in 1996. The brothers admitted to the killings but insisted they did so out of fear that their parents ...