Lyle and Erik Menendez continue to serve life sentences in prison for the brutal murders of their parents on August 20, 1989. Thirty-five years later, the Menendez brothers have garnered renewed attention, largely due to Ryan Murphy ‘s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story , followed by a Netflix documentary that included previously unreleased phone call recordings between the brothers and director Alejandro Hartmann . Now, the siblings stand a chance; after being resentenced, Lyle and Erik have their parole hearings scheduled for August 21 and 22, 2025.
In early October 2024, former Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office was reviewing the case after the brothers’ attorneys requested prosecutors to recommend a resent