The Menendez brothers will go before the parole board in separate hearings over the next two days to plead their case that they are no longer a threat to society and deserve to be freed from prison.
The hearings — set for Thursday and Friday — are the latest in a long legal road for the brothers, who were convicted of the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home.
In May, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic resentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life in prison, making them eligible for parole.
They originally were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
The brothers and their lawyers convinced Jesic the two no longer were a threat to public safety.
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