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Erik Menendez Denied Parole as Lyle Faces Separate Review

Commissioners cited his prison misconduct in finding he remains an unreasonable public-safety risk.

Erik Menendez appears virtually for his parole board hearing from the RJ Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.
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Lyle Menendez, left, and his brother, Erik, sit in Beverly Hills Municipal Court in Beverly Hills, California, on March 12, 1990.
FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez leave a courtroom in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 6, 1990, after a judge ruled that conversations between the brothers and their psychologist after their parents were slain were not privileged and could be used as evidence. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)

Overview

  • A California parole panel rejected Erik Menendez’s bid for release after an all-day hearing, setting his next eligibility in three years.
  • Commissioner Robert Barton said Menendez was not a model prisoner, pointing to fights, contraband cellphones, drugs, alleged gang-linked tax fraud and other rule violations.
  • Lyle Menendez’s parole hearing is being held separately by videolink, with a recommendation expected after Friday’s session.
  • The brothers became eligible for parole following a May resentencing that replaced life without parole with 50 years to life under California’s youthful-offender law.
  • Any future parole grant would undergo up to 120 days of legal review before Gov. Gavin Newsom has 30 days to decide, as Los Angeles DA Nathan Hochman opposes release and a 2023 habeas petition seeking case reexamination remains pending.