1 hour ago After 35 years, the Menendez brothers have a chance for parole. Was that the Netflix effect? | Zoe Williams

It is hard to prove the judicial impact of two shows inspired by the notorious double murder case. But undoubtedly, they heightened public scrutinyWhen the true-crime documentary Menendez Brothers: Misjudged? aired in 2022 on Discovery+, its impact was not immediate, except on TikTok, where – chicken and egg-style – it was hard to determine whether people were talking about the case because of the show or because a general cultural osmosis had brought the topic to the fore.Erik and Lyle killed their parents in 1989, when they were 18 and 21. They alleged a childhood of sexual, psychological and physical abuse by their father, which their mother knew about but didn’t act on. The judge disallowed what was called the “abuse excuse” at the time, and the prosecution successfully landed the argument that they had murdered their parents for their inheritance, resulting in whole-life sentences without the possibility of parole. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Menendez brothers' lives now from weddings to prison reunion after brutal attack

Erik and Lyle Menendez, recently made eligible for parole, were 18 and 21 when they shot their parents to death at point-blank range and much has changed after 30 years behind bars

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9 h. ago Netflix series Monsters: The Menendez brothers are now eligible for parole

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11 h. ago Menendez brothers who murdered parents in mansion have sentences cut

They have been in prison for 35 years.

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11 h. ago Menendez brothers who killed parents could be freed after 35 years in prison

Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for murdering their father and mother

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12 h. ago Will the Menendez brothers be released from prison after their resentencing?

Erik and Lyle Menendez, notorious for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, have been granted their first opportunity for freedom in decades.

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12 h. ago Menendez brothers eligible for parole as judge reduces life sentences

Los Angeles County judge reduces brothers' sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life

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13 h. ago Menendez brothers finally own up to decades of lies to take full responsibility for killing parents as duo becomes eligible for parole

Erik and Lyle were just 18 and 21 when they brutally murdered their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez inside their swanky Beverly Hills home in 1996.

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13 h. ago The Menendez brothers had their sentences reduced. What's next?

The 1989 shotgun murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez in Los Angeles gripped the nation

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17 h. ago Menendez brothers' reduced murder sentence offers chance at parole after decades in prison

The Menendez brothers have been resentenced to 50 years to life for the 1989 murder of their parents, after a judge ruled they were eligible for the possibility of parole

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17 h. ago Menendez brothers could walk free after sentence reduced to life with parole

Erik and Lyle Menendez, the infamous brothers convicted of brutally murdering their parents more than three decades ago, have had their sentences reduced — paving the way for a potential release after nearly 35 years behind bars.

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17 h. ago Menendez brothers who murdered their parents have their sentences slashed

Erik and Lyle Menendez, the infamous brothers convicted of brutally murdering their parents more than three decades ago, have had their sentences reduced today in Los Angeles

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17 h. ago Menendez brothers have sentenced reduced to 50 years in prison opening possibility for parole

The brothers appeared in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday, where Judge Michael Jesic reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.

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17 h. ago Menendez brothers have murder sentences reduced with parole now possible

Brothers chance at freedom after nearly 30 years behind bars will now be decided by California state parole board

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17 h. ago Menendez brothers’ murder sentences reduced with parole now possible

Brothers’ chance at freedom after nearly 30 years behind bars will now be decided by the California state parole board

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18 h. ago Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced for the 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills mansion after three decades in prison: Live

California’s state parole board will now decide if the brothers should be freed

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18 h. ago California judge resentences Menendez brothers to be eligible for parole

Erik and Lyle Menendez given 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole and giving them chance at freedomA California judge resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez, who have spent nearly three decades in prison for the murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home, to be eligible for parole.Judge Michael Jesic shortens the brothers’ sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life. They would still need approval from the state’s parole board to be released. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Menendez brothers resentenced for 1989 murders of parents in Beverly Hills mansion: Live

A judge will decide if Lyle and Erik Menendez should be freed after 30 years in prison

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