Erik and Lyle Menendez move closer to possible freedom as judge reduces their sentence

A Nov. 26, 1990, file photo of Lyle (left) and Erik Menendez (right), sitting alongside lawyer Leslie Abramson, in a Beverly Hills, Calif., court.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will have a new shot at freedom after spending 35 years behind bars for the 1989 murder of their parents, a judge ruled Tuesday when he reduced their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life.

CBC | World News

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