{"id":11736,"date":"2025-10-22T11:29:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11736"},"modified":"2025-10-22T11:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T18:37:12","slug":"judge-resentences-menendez-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crimeandconsequences.blog\/?p=11736","title":{"rendered":"Judge Resentences Menendez Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Los Angeles judge has resentenced the Menendez brothers, originally serving life without parole, to 50-years-to-life.\u00a0 ABC News<a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/menendez-brothers-win-resentencing-fight-case\/story?id=121788436\"> reports<\/a> that the brothers, who murdered their parents with shotguns in 1989,\u00a0 are immediately eligible for parole.\u00a0 Later in the story reporter Emily Shapiro writes,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;It could take months before Erik and Lyle Menendez are assigned a parole date for the resentencing case. They are eligible for that parole date right away, as inmates with a sentence of 25 years-to-life or longer can get their hearing during the 25th year of incarceration, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The 25-year eligibility comes under California&#8217;s &#8220;youth offender parole&#8221; statute. It was originally enacted for inmates under 18 at the time of the crime to address problems created by U.S. Supreme Court decisions. 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