Closed · 1989-2026

Erik and Lyle: The Parole Years

A follow-up to the 2024 episode, for listeners who already know the case. ONE short chapter recapping August 20 1989, the killings of Jose and Kitty Menendez, the two trials and the 1996 conviction and life-without-parole sentence. The rest is what has happened since: the habeas petition and the new evidence claims, the May 2025 resentencing to 50 years to life that made them parole eligible, the August 2025 parole hearings that denied both brothers for three years, and the board's September 2026 decision to advance the next hearing to March 2027.