Menendez brothers' parole hearings to begin Thursday

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Erik and Lyle Menendez are heading to their long-awaited parole hearing, marking a immense measurement guardant successful their propulsion to beryllium released aft 35 years down bars.

When the brothers be their idiosyncratic parole hearings, they'll physically beryllium astatine the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility successful San Diego However, the hearings volition instrumentality spot Thursday and Friday via video conference.

Here's a full breakdown of what to expect and what led up to this point.

Their lawyer Mark Geragos said "first time volition beryllium Erik, 2nd time volition beryllium Lyle."

"There volition beryllium antithetic parole committee members each day. There volition beryllium antithetic lawyers from the D.A.'s bureau each day, arsenic well, is my understanding," Geragos added. "And you're going to person a antithetic proceeding. Each brother, if you will, stands oregon falls connected their own."

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The proceeding panels volition beryllium made of 1 oregon 2 parole committee commissioners and a lawman commissioner. Commissioners are appointed by the politician and service three-year terms. Deputy commissioners are administrative instrumentality judges employed by the board.

They volition determine whether the brothers volition locomotion escaped aft much than 3 decades successful situation for the 1989 murders of their parents.

While the sheet tries to find if the Menendez brothers inactive airs a hazard to the nationalist oregon are suitable to beryllium released released, commissioners volition see assorted factors.

That includes their transgression history, situation records and their statements, on with statements from the bureau of Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman and those from the public.

How agelong each proceeding lasts depends connected assorted circumstances, but the mean magnitude is 2-3 hours.

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What happens aft the parole hearing?

If parole is denied for either brother, they tin inquire the Board to reappraisal the lawsuit for errors of information and to spot if corrected, would that pb to a antithetic outcome.

If parole is granted, the parole board's main counsel volition instrumentality up to 120 days pursuing the proceeding to reappraisal the determination for ineligible oregon factual errors.

If the parole support is upheld, the lawsuit is sent to .Gov. Gavin Newsom. Newsom volition past person 30 days to either assistance the parole, reverse the determination oregon modify it.

If granted parole, they'd beryllium eligible for merchandise instantly aft the determination is finalized, which takes astir 5 months, according to the CDCR.

"Newsom tin besides workout his clemency powerfulness to pardon oregon merchandise the Menendez brothers astatine immoderate time," the DA's bureau said.

ABC News contributed to this report.