{
  "id": 6322867,
  "title": "Erik and Lyle Menendez eligible to face parole board early next year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/erik-and-lyle-menendez-eligible-to-face-parole-board-early-next-year",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T19:51:24.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian US",
    "slug": "the-guardian-us",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/08/erik-lyle-menendez-parole"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Brothers, convicted of parents’ killings and denied parole last year, permitted to apply for another hearing earlier than expected Erik and Lyle Menendez will be before a parole board again in March, about 17 months earlier than expected. The brothers were originally sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for the 1989 fatal shootings of their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Global News",
        "title": "Menendez brothers granted 2027 parole hearing, family says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/menendez-brothers-granted-2027-parole-hearing-family-says",
        "published": "2026-09-08T18:58:54.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Erik and Lyle Menendez eligible to face parole board again in spring 2027",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/erik-and-lyle-menendez-eligible-to-face-parole-board-again-in-spring",
        "published": "2026-09-08T19:22:48.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}