Parole now possible for Menendez brothers after judge reduces sentence for killing of parents

Erik and Lyle Menendez were re-sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life behind bars, opening the door for them to be considered for parole.

The brothers, imprisoned at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa, have served roughly 35 years of a life-without-parole sentence for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills.

The decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic does not automatically mean the pair will be released. They will have to appear before a parole board, which will recommend whether they should be freed…

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