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The case of Erik and Lyle Menendez will go before a California parole hearing panel, a process that could result in their freedom after more than 30 years in prison for their parents' murders.

Erik Menendez's case will be considered Thursday with his brother Lyle Menendez's to follow on Friday.

Sometime after the parole hearing , the panel will issue a decision. If parole is granted, the matter will eventually lands on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk for his consideration.

The path to the parole hearings was cleared earlier this year when a judge resentenced the brothers from life in prison without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life in prison.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, convicted in the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents after two trials, became eligible for parol

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