The trials of Lyle and Erik Menendez and their conviction for killing their parents came at a time when televised trials captured national audiences in the 1990s.

Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent nearly 30 years in prison for the double murder of their parents.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after 35 years behind bars for murdering their parents.

A judge has set dates for hearings to consider resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez.

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s bid for shorter sentences has been delayed again due to disputes among prosecutors and their lawyers.

Erik and Lyle Menendez have spent most of their lives in prison.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will proceed with their resentencing hearings after spending 35 years behind bars for the 1989 killings of their parents, despite opposition from Los Angeles County’s district attorney.

Voters in Oakland, California, recalled their mayor in November over crime, homelessness and allegations of corruption.

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is rejecting claims by the Los Angeles district attorney that the brothers hadn’t appropriately taken responsibility for the 1989 killing of their parents and says any lies they told during their murder trial were due to trauma and fear.

The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

The Los Angeles district attorney says he not yet decided whether to recommend resentencing Lyle and Erik Menendez.

Prosecutors say they won’t charge rocker Marilyn Manson after a years-long investigation into sexual assault and domestic violence allegations.

Rocker Marilyn Manson has agreed to drop a lawsuit against his former fiancée, “Westworld” actor Evan Rachel Wood.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he won’t make a clemency decision on the murder convictions of Erik and Lyle Menendez until newly elected Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman reviews the case.

The incoming district attorney for Los Angeles County, Nathan Hochman, says in an interview with The Associated Press that his first task in office is to eliminate the “pro-criminal blanket policies” of one of California’s most high-profile progressive prosecutors, George Gascón.

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s resentencing hearing has been set for Dec. 11, when a judge will decide whether they will have a shot at freedom after spending 34 years behind bars for the shotgun killings of their parents in 1989.

Ten years ago, 3.7 million Californians voted for a landmark measure that made many nonviolent crimes misdemeanors instead of felonies.

Prosecutors in Los Angeles say they are reviewing new evidence in the case of the Menendez brothers to determine whether they should be serving life sentences for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago.

A man convicted of sending his 17-year-old son into a restaurant to rob and kill rapper PnB Rock has been sentenced to 31 years to life in prison.

A 29-year-old suspect in a break-in at the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been charged with burglary and vandalism.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has advanced to a runoff in his reelection bid.

A California man who spent 33 years in prison for attempted murder has been declared innocent.

A Los Angeles man who spent more than 38 years behind bars for a 1983 murder he did not commit has been declared innocent.

Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges is facing three felony domestic violence charges in Southern California after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children last month.

Prosecutors for the first time are not opposing the release of Sirhan Sirhan, who is serving a life sentence for assassinating U.S. Sen. Robert F.

Almost six months after the death of George Floyd, criminal justice reform advocates are cheering multiple victories in the 2020 election. And it worked,” said Maurice Mitchell, a Movement for Black Lives strategist and national director of the Working Families Party. He pointed to a ballot measure in Los Angeles County that reallocates money to services to keep people out of jail. The victories happened against a backdrop of mass incarceration and police brutality that took decades to construct: Almost 2.3 million Americans are incarcerated, Black and Latinx people disproportionately so. And Black people are far more likely to be pulled over, searched and or killed by police, studies of criminal justice data have repeatedly shown.