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Erik and Lyle Menendez are set to appear before California’s parole board this week — a pivotal moment nearly 30 years after they were convicted of murdering their parents in one of the country’s most infamous criminal cases.

Erik’s parole hearing is scheduled for Thursday, followed by Lyle’s on Friday, both held via videoconference from Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.

This marks the first time the brothers have been eligible for parole, following a May decision by a Los Angeles judge to reduce their sentences.

From conviction to chance at release

The Menendez brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life without the possibility of parole for the 1989 killings of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez,

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