L.A. Prosecutor Says He Opposes Releasing the Menendez Brothers NYT | Top Stories Tim Arango and Matt Stevens 11 March 2025 at 02:34 Erik and Lyle Menendez still have paths to freedom. But the new district attorney is trying to roll back an effort by his predecessor to ease their punishment for killing their parents. © Vince Bucci/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesErik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez during a pretrial hearing in 1992 in Los Angeles.