The Menendez brothers, Erik and Lyle, are poised to make their case for parole this Thursday, marking their most significant step towards freedom since their convictions almost 30 years ago for the murders of their parents.
Sentenced in 1996 to life imprisonment, the pair fatally shot Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, when they were aged 18 and 21 respectively. During their high-profile trial, defence attorneys controversially argued the brothers acted in self-defence following years of alleged sexual abuse by their father. Prosecutors, however, maintained the motive was solely a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
