Erik and Lyle Menendez are a step closer to leaving prison. Why freedom won't come quickly

Erik and Lyle Menendez still have a long way to go before they can walk out of prison, even though the Los Angeles County district attorney has recommended their life-without-parole sentence be thrown out and the brothers be resentenced and immediately eligible for parole. The brothers were convicted in the 1989 killings of their parents at the family’s Beverly Hills mansion. A judge will need to go along with Los Angeles DA George Gascón’s recommendation and then a parole board must approve. The final stop is with the California governor, who could reject the board’s decision. It’s an uncertain process likely to stretch out over months.