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The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has reportedly postponed parole hearings for Erik and Lyle Menendez by more than two months

Officials resentenced the brothers May 13 to 50 years to life in prison, making them eligible for parole nearly three decades after their conviction for killing their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1996.

The parole hearing, originally set for June 13, will now take place August 21 and 22, ABC News reports.

As CrimeOnline previously reported, a jury sentenced Erik and Lyle Menendez to life in prison without parole for fatally shooting their parents in the den of their Beverly Hills home on August 20, 1989.

The brothers said they killed their parents after suffering years of sexual abuse by their father. They also alleged their mother ignored the abuse.

In 2023, their attorneys filed a habeas corpus petition in Los Angeles County Superior Court, citing newly uncovered evidence, including a letter Erik wrote to his cousin Andy Cano months before the killings. The letter described alleged sexual abuse by their father.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has asked the parole board to conduct a full risk assessment to determine if the brothers pose a threat to public safety.

According to ABC News, before the parole hearing delay, the June 13 date appeared tied to Newsom’s clemency review, not standard parole consideration.

Check back for updates.

[Feature Photo: An Oct. 31, 2016 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Erik Menendez, left, and a Feb. 22, 2018 photo provided by the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shows Lyle Menendez. The Menendez brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion nearly three decades ago, have been reunited in the Southern California prison San Diego’s R.J. Donovan Correctional Facility. The brothers are serving life sentences for fatally shooting their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP)]

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