Erik and Lyle Menendez have been granted a parole hearing for next year, a year earlier than previously

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The brothers were initially sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. Erik and Lyle Menendez were granted on Monday an early parole suitability hearing, tentatively scheduled for March 2027. The pair were initially sentenced to life without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez However, relatives of the brothers pushed for years for resentencing and release.