Menendez Brother's Bid For Freedom Hits Another Roadblock After Judge Grants Key Resentencing Ruling

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The Menendez brothers' bid for freedom hit a roadblock this week. California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

The Menendez brothers' bid for freedom has hit a roadblock this week, just after the duo was granted a resentencing, making them eligible for parole.

The brothers received a new sentence last week of 50 years to life in prison, meaning they are eligible for parole, ABC News reported. The parole hearing originally was slated for June 13, but has now been pushed back to August 21 and 22.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. Sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the brothers have since claimed they acted out of fear after enduring years of sexual abuse from their father.

Prosecutors had maintained that the pair were primarily motivated by money and wanted to get their inheritance.

At the time of the killings, Lyle was 21, and Erik was 18. Previously, LA prosecutors had resisted calls for a new trial saying, it wasn't warranted. At the time, LA County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that supposed new evidence presented by the defense symbolized "a continuum of lies and deceit and fabricating stories."

Prosecutors had also attempted to halt the resentencing but failed in that bid.

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California, Murder, Child abuse, Menendez brothers, Parole

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