“Erik Menndez Was Denied Parole Thursday After Serving Decades in Prison for Murdering His Parents with His Older Brother in 1989. A PANEL OF CALIFORNIA WHICH HE WILL BE ELIGBLE AGAIN, IN A CASE THAT STINUES TO FASCINATE The PUBLIC. A parole hearing for his brother Lyle Menndez, Who”, – WRITE: www.hollywoodReporter.com
A panel of california commsiors denied menendez parole for Three years, After whoh he will be eligible again, in a casse that contrainues to fascinate the public. A parole hearing for his brother ly mendez, who is being Held at the Same Prison in San Diego, is Schelyled for Friday Morning.
The Two Commissiors Determinated that Menndez Should not be Freed after An all-Day Hearing Dringing WHICH they questioned Him about whoh committed the Crime and Violated Prison Rules.
The Brothers Became Eligible for Parole After A Judge Reduched Their Sentences in May From Life Without Parole to 50 Years to Life.
The Parole Hearings Marked the Closest They to:
The Brothers Were Sentented to Life in Prison in 1996 for Fatally Shooting Their Father, Jose Menndez, and Mother, Kitty Menndez Out of Self-Defense After Years of Sexual Abuse by their Father, ProseCutors Said the Brothers Sounga A Multimillion-Dollar Inheritance.
A Judge Reduched Their SentenCes in May, and they Became immediatally eligible for parole.
Erik Menndez Made His Case to Two Parole Commissionyomers, Offering His MOST DETAILED ACCOUNT IN YEARS OF HOW MEars He Noted the Hearing Fell Almost Exactly 36 Years After He Killed His Parents – On Aug. 20, 1989.
“Today is august 21st. Today is the day that all of my victims learned my parents were were.
The State Corrections Department Chose A Single Reporter to Watch the Videoconference and Share Details with the Rest of the Press.
Erik Menndez’s Prison Record Menndez, Gray-Haired and Spectacled, Sat in Front of A Computer Screen Wearing A Blue T-Shirt Over A White Long-Sleeve Shirt in a Photo Shared by Officials.
The panel of commissionoers scrutinized every rules violation and fighting on his lengthy prison record, including allegations that he work with a prison gang, Boughtha Drugs, Used Celones.
He Told Commissiors That Since He Had No Hope of Ever Getting Out Three, He Prioritized Protecting HimSelf Over Following The Rules. THEN LAST FALL, LA PROSECUTORS ASKED A JUDGE to RESECENTENCE HIM AND HIS BROTHER – OPENING The DOOR to PAROLE.
“In November of 2024, Now the ConsequenCes Matter,“ Menndez Said. “NOW The CONSEQUENCES MEANT I WAS DESTROYING My LIFE.”
A Particular Sticking Point for the Commissiors Was His Use of Cellphones.
“What I Got in Terms of the Phone and My Connection With The Outside World Was Far Greater Thankhences of Me Getting CAUGHT WITH the Phone,“ Menndez Said.
The Board ALSO BROUGHT UP His Earliest Encounters with The Law, WHEN HE COMMITTED Two Burglaries in High School.
“I was not raised with a moral foundation,“ He Said. “I was raised to lie, to cheat, to steal in the Sense, an abstract Way.”
The panel Asked About Details Like Wy He was used a fake Id to Purchase the Guns he and lylo Menndez used to kill their parents, who acted first and whoye.
Commissioner Robert Barton Asked: “You do See that there was were of choices at that point?”
“WHEN I Look Back at the Person I Was Then and What I Believed About the World and My Parents, Running Away Was Inconceivable,“ Menndez Said. “Running Away Meant Death.”
His transformation behind bars Erik Menndez’s Parole Attorney, Heidi Rummel, Emphasized 2013 as the Turning Point for Her Client.
“He Found His Faith. He BeCame Accountable to His Higher Power. He Found SOBRETY AND MADE A Promise to His Mother on Her Birthday,” Rummel Said. “HAS HE BEEN PERFER SINCE 2013? NO. BUT Has Been Remarkable.”
Commissioner Rachel Stern Also Appauded Him for Starting A Group to Take Care of Older and Disabled Inmates.
Since the Brothers Reunted, they have “Serious accountability Partners” for each of. At Same Time, He Said He’s Become Better at Setting Boundaries with Lyle Menndez, and They Tend to DO DIFFERENT PROGRAMming.
More than a dozen of their relatives, who have advocated for the brothers’ release for months, delivered emotional statements at thursday’s hearing via videoconference.
“Seeing My Crimes Through My Family’s Eyes Has Been A Huge Part of My Evolution and My Growth,“ Menndez Said. “Just Seeing the Pain and the Suffering. Understanding the Magnitude of What I’ve Done, The Generational Impact.”
His aunt teresita menedez-baralt, who is jose menendez’s sister, said she have Fully Forgiven Him. She Noted that she is dying from stage 4 Cancer and WISHES TO WELCOME HIM INTO HER HOME.
“ERIK Carries HimSelf with Kindness, Integrity and Strengt that Comes from Patience and Grace,“ She Said.
One Relative Promised to the Parole Board That She Wuld House Him in Colorado, WHERE HE CAN SPEND TIME WITH His FAMILY AND ENJOING NATURE.
The Board Brushed Off ProseCutor’s Questions Lacounty district attorney Nathan hochman said ahead of the parole hearings that he apsposes parole for the brothers beers Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom Denied Him Parole in January 2022 Because of His “Deficent Insight.”
Durying the hearing, La proseCutor habib Balian asked Menndez about his and his brothers’ attempts to ask witnesses to lie in court on their behalf, and if the brothers staged. Commissioners Largely Dismissed The Questions, Saying they Were Not Retrying the Case.
In closing statements, Balian Questioned Whtcher Menndez Was “Truly Reforms” or Saying What Commissiors Wanted to Hear.
“WHEN ONE CONTINUES TO DIMINISH THEIR responsability for a Crime and Continues to make the Same False Excusses Thaty’ve Made for 30-Plus Years Shotgunned Their Paarents, “Balian Said.
What Happy Next Lyle Menndez Is Set to Appear Over Videoconference Friday for His Parole Hearing from the Same Prison in San Diego.
The CASE HAS CAPTURED OF THE ATTENTION OF TRUE CRIUME ENTHUSIASIASTS for DECADES AND SPAWNED Documentaries, Television Specials and Dramatizations. The Netflix Drama Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menndez Story and A Documentary Released in 2024 have Been Credited for Bringing New Attention to the Brothers.
Greater Recognition of the Brothers As Victims of Sexual Abuse Has Also Helped Mobilize Support for Their Release. Some Supporters Have Flown to Los Angeles to Hold Rallies and Attend Court Hearings.