The Menendez brothers are set to go before the parole board in June.
On Tuesday, March 11, California Governor Gavin Newsom revealed on his podcast This is Gavin Newsom that Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, will go before the board on June 13.
Newsom explained that after the hearing, he would review the parole board’s risk assessment to see whether the pair should be granted clemency.
“On June 13th, both Lyle and Erik Menendez independently will have their final hearing, a report will then be submitted to me on the 13th of June for consideration,” he said.
Newsom continued, “We will submit that report to the judge for the resentencing and that will weigh into our independent analysis on whether to move forward with the clemency application to support a commutation of this case.”
Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez’s mug shots.
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PEOPLE previously reported that Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman did not recommend resentencing for the Menendez brothers.
Hochman claimed that the brothers had not taken full responsibility for their crimes, alleging that they were telling “lies” for the “past 30 years.”
California Governor Gavin Newsom at East Los Angeles College on February 26, 2025.
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Speaking at a press conference on Monday, March 10, Hochman said Lyle and Erik’s claim of self-defense was fabricated and that the pair had not accepted responsibility for fatally shooting their parents in 1989.
“In looking at whether they have exhibited full insight and complete responsibility for their crimes, they have not,” the prosecutor said.
Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez during a pre-trial hearing on December 29, 1992 in Los Angeles.
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He went on to say that currently, “Our position is that they shouldn’t get out of jail.”
Previously, in February, Hochman announced he did not support the brothers’ habeas corpus petition to vacate their convictions.
Addressing Hochman’s comments, Newsom said on his podcast that while the DA’s words may influence the court, they do not influence the parole board’s process that’s being conducted to review the case for clemency.
After a mistrial in 1993, Lyle and Erik were convicted in 1996 of shooting and killing their parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, in their $5 million Beverly Hills home in 1989.
Sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the brothers have claimed they murdered their parents in self-defense. The brothers claimed that Jose had sexually abused them for years with Kitty’s knowledge, and that Jose had threatened to kill them if they told anyone.
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