Menendez brothers' parole hearing pushed back to August
The parole hearing for the Menendez brothers has been rescheduled for August according to California bureaucrats Lyle and Erik Menendez are now scheduled to appear for their parole hearing on August and a spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation certified to Fox News Digital The hearing was originally set for June MENENDEZ BROTHERS' JUNE HEARING CONVERTED FROM CLEMENCY TO PAROLE AS DECISION LOOMS FOR GOV NEWSOMEarlier this month California Gov Gavin Newsom's office declared the brothers' clemency hearing was being converted into a parole hearing after the governor withdrew his request for a clemency study While the parole board will recommend whether the two men should be granted an early release Newsom may still approve or deny the decision A post from Lyle Menendez's Facebook substantiated the postponed hearing MENENDEZ BROTHERS RESENTENCING TIMELINE OF KILLERS' FIGHT OVER FREEDOM IN PARENTS' MURDERS Taking a break from my break to confirm the news that has been disclosed currently the post reads The guys parole hearing date has been postponed to August Given the fact that first-time parole seekers statistically have a much harder time being granted parole this gives the guys and their attorneys more time to prepare and gives them the best opportunity to be the exception to the rule It s a good thing the post added The two brothers were resentenced by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic earlier this month to years-to-life making them eligible for parole Jesic's decision to resentence the brothers opened the door for the parole hearing to determine whether they should be disclosed CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe pair were originally sentenced to life without parole for their conviction after murdering their parents in The brothers have argued that they carried out the killings in self-defense after years of abuse from their father They have spent years behind bars Fox News' Stepheny Price and Sarah Rumpf-Whitten contributed to this overview
