Menendez brothers eligible for parole after resentencing

What to Know

• 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 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 presented the case against resentencing, arguing the Menendez brothers have not taken full responsibility for their crimes.