Lyle and Erik Menendez have spent nearly 35 years in prison for murder.
In these booking photos taken Oct. 10, 2024, Erik and Lyle Menendez are shown.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is supporting the Menendez brothers' new effort to petition California Gov. Gavin Newsom for clemency, which would reduce their sentence or grant a pardon, ABC News has learned.Lyle and Erik Menendez haveLyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced in 1996 to two consecutive terms of life without parole.
Watch "Menendez Brothers: Monsters or Victims?" from "IMPACT by Nightline," streaming now only on Hulu. .One path is through resentencing. Because both brothers were under 26 at the time of the crimes, with the new sentence, they would be eligible for parole immediately, Gascón said. Gascón's recommendation will go before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge, and if the judge agrees, the decision will next be in the hands of a parole board.
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