Lyle Menendez denied parole

(NewsNation) — A California authorities sheet connected Friday denied parole to Lyle Menendez, a time aft parole commissioners voted to support his younger brother, Erik, down bars for the Aug. 20, 1989, shotgun murders of their parents.

Details were inactive trickling retired pursuing a daylong and closed parole proceeding successful which Lyle Menendez and his supporters argued the 57-year-old would not contiguous a information to the nationalist if released from prison. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which opposed parole for the brothers, countered with its ain barrage of accusation astir the gruesome murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez.

The Menendez brothers became eligible for parole earlier this twelvemonth aft a judge reduced their sentences from beingness successful situation without the anticipation of parole to 50 years to life. Family members of the Menendez brothers accidental the 2 person consistently demonstrated remorse and idiosyncratic maturation down bars implicit the past 3 decades.

The California Board of Parole antecedently assessed the Menendez brothers arsenic having a “moderate risk” of committing unit if they are freed. California transgression defence lawyer Brian Claypool said inmates with that hazard appraisal get paroled lone 20% of the time, compared with the two-thirds of “low-risk” inmates who are granted release.

Lyle and Erik Menendez attended their parole hearings remotely from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility adjacent San Diego, wherever they are housed. Their bids for parole were heard by antithetic lineups of commissioners.

Erik Menendez cited for situation violations

At Erik Menendez's abstracted parole proceeding Thursday, a California parole commissioner cited respective instances of the younger member breaking situation rules. Offenses ranged from unit to inappropriate behaviour with visitors to unauthorized possession of a compartment phone.

“Contrary to your supporters’ beliefs, you person not been a exemplary prisoner,” Commissioner Robert Barton told the 54-year-old inmate.

Erik Menendez is adjacent eligible for a parole proceeding successful 3 years but tin question an earlier date.

Menendez brothers person ne'er accepted responsibility: Prosecutor

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has fought efforts to parole the Menendez brothers. He said his bureau submitted a much than 80-page analysis to authorities parole officials mapping retired however the siblings plotted and carried retired their parents' brutal murders astatine the household location successful Beverly Hills.

The information, helium said, reflects situation records of the Menendez brothers, interviews with household members, proceedings transcripts and gruesome grounds astir the mode Jose and Kitty Menendez died. The authoritative says the Menendez brothers person ne'er told the information astir the murders.

“If they ever bash it, they mightiness beryllium acceptable for parole. But they person not done it yet,” Hochman said earlier this week.

He has pushed backmost astatine allegations that advocates for the brothers person made, that Erik and Lyle were sexually abused by their father. Hochman said Erik and Lyle Menendez initially made wide self-defense claims that they feared their parents would termination them the time of the murders.

Final arbiter connected Menendez case: Gov. Newsom

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat and imaginable 2028 statesmanlike candidate, is considered the final arbiter successful the Menendez brothers' case. His bureau has wide clemency powers, and the politician is capable to reverse decisions by the Board of Parole.

Observers, however, person speculated Newsom would beryllium reluctant to escaped the brothers due to the fact that it could negatively interaction a bid for the White House.