Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted of murdering their parents in 1989, have had their parole suitability hearing moved forward to March 2027, a year earlier than the previously scheduled August 2028 date. The change was made possible by provisions in Proposition 9, which allow a parole hearing to be brought forward if there is a change in circumstances or new evidence suggesting an inmate may be suitable for release. It marks the latest development in a decades-long case that has drawn renewed public attention following a Netflix dramatisation and a sustained campaign by family members for the brothers' release.

The brothers, now aged 58 and 55, were originally sentenced to life without parole for the shotgun killings of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at the family's Beverly Hills home, but were resentenced to a lesser life term in May 2025, opening the door to parole eligibility. They were denied parole at a hearing last year and remain held at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. The brothers have long maintained the killings followed years of sexual abuse by their father, a claim prosecutors dispute, arguing the pair acted out of greed; their family issued a statement welcoming the board's decision to move up the hearing.