youthful offender

County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic modified the brothers’ original sentence of life without parole to 50 years to life, which under the state’s youthful offender law, makes the brothers immediately eligible for parole because the shootings happened before they turned 26.

Under the state’s youthful offender law, both are immediately eligible for parole because the shootings happened before they turned 26.

The brothers are eligible for parole under California's youthful offender law which allows individuals who committed crimes before the age of 26 to seek a reduced sentence.

If Jesic agrees to resentence them, the brothers would become eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law, since the murders happened when they were under 26.

Resentencing could trigger their eligibility for parole through the state’s youthful offender law since they were under 26 at the time of the murders.