Live updates: Menendez brothers eligible for parole after resentencing
A judge resentences Lyle and Erik Menendez to 50 years to life in prison, which makes the eligible for parole.
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- A judge resentences the Menendez brothers to 50 years to lifein prison, which makes them eligible to go before a parole board.
- The state parole board would need to consider the case and issue a ruling on whether to release the brothers from prison.
- Hearings on the resentencing motion in the case were held Tuesday in Van Nuys.
- Attorneys for the Menendez brothers argued they have been rehabilitated after serving more than 30 years of a life prison sentence for the August 1989 murders of their parents in Beverly Hills.
- Defense attorney Mark Geragos called several witnesses to testify in support of the brothers, starting with cousin Anamaria Baralt.
- The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office presented the case against resentencing, arguing the Menendez brothers have not taken full responsibility for their crimes.
The Menendez brothers are eligible for parole after a resentencing hearing Tuesday in Los Angeles. Follow live updates below.