What to know about the Menendez brothers' case as their parole hearings begin

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Lyle (left) and Erik Menendez appear in court in 1991. They were convicted in the 1989 murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison, but became eligible for parole in May.

Erik and Lyle Menendez will get their first-ever parole hearings on Thursday and Friday, after spending more than three decades in prison for their parents' murders. Here's what to expect.

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