--- title: Resentencing Brings Menendez Brothers One Step Closer to Freedom | TIME description: Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. The state parole board must still decide whether to release them from prison. canonical: https://time.com/video/cN4F3b8g/ og:title: Resentencing Brings Menendez Brothers One Step Closer to Freedom og:description: Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. The state parole board must still decide whether to release them from prison. og:url: https://time.com/video/cN4F3b8g/ og:image: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/cN4F3b8g/poster.jpg?width=720 og:type: video.other twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Resentencing Brings Menendez Brothers One Step Closer to Freedom twitter:description: Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. 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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Resentencing Brings Menendez Brothers One Step Closer to Freedom [Watch (HLS stream): Resentencing Brings Menendez Brothers One Step Closer to Freedom](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/cN4F3b8g.m3u8) (2:17)  _Published 2025-05-14. Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. The state parole board must still decide whether to release them from prison._ --- May 14, 2025 6:20 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Los Angeles DA Says He Won’t Support Resentencing the Menendez Brothers](/video/y7G2RRis/) ### Los Angeles DA Says He Won’t Support Resentencing the Menendez Brothers [The Family of the Menendez Brothers Are Calling for Their Release](/video/aMRlNIZG/) ### The Family of the Menendez Brothers Are Calling for Their Release [New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez - "I Will Be Vindicated"](/video/imULZP77/) ### New Jersey Sen. Robert Menendez - "I Will Be Vindicated" --- ## Transcript The fact is, the Menendez brothers have done remarkable work and today is a great day. After 35 years, we have evolved. This is not the 90s anymore. We have a more robust understanding of a lot of things. They are a real family, real people who have lived through unimaginable horrors. And I'm hopeful and glad that we're one one huge step closer to bringing the boys home. Thank you so much. You have brought hope to this family that we didn't see coming. This is a step towards the parole process. Of course, June 13th, they will they will meet with the parole board. And, you know, in the state of California, it's a pretty stringent process. So we are very hopeful. Uh, I thanked Mark. I thanked Cliff, there is an entire legal team. But ultimately we are here today with this result because of Erik and Lyle, because they had they chose to live their lives with clarity and a purpose of service that the judge was impressed by. And so a huge thanks to them too, for being the kind of people that we could bring home. This is something my grandmother Joan has fought for for 35 years. I really wish she was here today, but I'm really excited to give her the news. Um, beyond that, I really hope that this sets the precedent for other inmates who have shown transformation and change and have done the same as Eric, as Eric and Lyle, and created careers for themselves and created new hopes for themselves while they have been incarcerated. Judge Michael Jeschke followed the law, followed reasoning, and gave a hopeful resolution to this. Finally, after 35 years. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Resentencing Brings Menendez Brothers One Step Closer to Freedom","description":"Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday.\n\nLos Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. 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