Overview

• After a nearly 10-hour hearing, California parole commissioners ruled Erik Menendez remains an unreasonable public-safety risk, citing misconduct behind bars.
• The panel highlighted infractions including repeated cellphone use, drugs, aiding a gang in a tax scheme, and incidents of violence, according to the pool report.
• The board issued a minimum three-year denial, with options for Menendez to seek error review or petition to advance a future hearing.
• The brothers became parole-eligible in May when a judge resentenced them to 50 years to life under youth-offender provisions for crimes committed at ages 18 and 21.
• Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman opposed release, family members voiced support, and Lyle Menendez has a separate hearing today; any grant of parole would face a 120-day legal review and 30 days for Governor Gavin Newsom’s decision.