内容摘要：On one occasion, Maher said he had to drive the kit van home because he feared it would be repossessed, while another time, the club could not afford washing powder.

On one occasion, Maher said he had to drive the kit van home because he feared it would be repossessed, while another time, the club could not afford washing powder.

to get exclusive insight on the latest climate and environment news from the BBC's Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt, delivered to your inbox every week. Outside the UK?After 35 years behind bars, Lyle and Erik Menendez are closer than ever to a potential second chance at freedom.

The brothers, who were convicted of killing their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, in 1989, have long maintained that the murders in their Beverly Hills mansion were driven by years of sexual and physical abuse, rather than hopes of inheriting their fortune.They are currently serving life in prison without the possibility of parole in California.A mix of new evidence and public interest has thrown the case, one that has both gripped and divided the nation for decades, upside down.

It's all reached a pivotal moment.A resentencing hearing is set in March, which could lead to their sentences being reduced - or even their freedom. Separately, California Gov Gavin Newsom has ordered the state's parole board to conduct a risk assessment, a key step toward possible clemency, which could take form in a reduced sentence or a pardon.

The movement in the historic criminal case is significant, but not everyone is happy at the prospect of them potentially walking free.

There are three possible routesThe report highlighted risk assessments being completed without referencing information about child safeguarding and domestic abuse.

A Ministry of Justice spokesperson said the new government "inherited a criminal justice system in crisis" and it had plans to recruit 1,000 probation officers.The East of England probation service is one of 12 probation regions in England and covers Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Essex, Northamptonshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.

Martin Jones, chief inspector of probation, said: “While the commitment and dedication of leaders and staff across the region was found to be unwavering, this commitment and dedication is not amounting to sufficient measures in keeping the public safe or encouraging people on probation to change.”The report found chronic staffing issues "despite a sustained effort" across the region to recruit, and said senior probation officers had "excessive workloads and vast responsibilities which were greater than what they could reasonably be expected to deliver".