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A day after his younger brother was denied parole at the conclusion of a grueling 10-hour hearing, Lyle Menendez saw his own hopes of freedom after nearly 30 years behind bars evaporate. “The panel has found today that there are still signs” Menendez is a potential risk to the public, declared Parole Commissioner Julie Garland and Deputy Parole Commissioner Patrick …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The reason was the same: misbehavior behind bars. A panel of two commissioners denied Lyle Menendez parole for three …

State parole officials had not yet publicly announced that Erik Menendez would remain behind bars, but word of the outcome was already spreading among his family members early Thursday evening. Stunned and angry at the decision, some relatives took to social media just as news broke that Menendez, 54, had been denied parole for the 1989 shotgun murders of his …

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday by a California board that said his continued misbehavior during decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989 showed he is still a risk to public safety. A panel of two California commissioners denied Menendez parole for three years, after which he will be eligible …

After being denied parole, Erik Menendez still has other pathways to freedom.  The New York Times Lyle Menendez faces parole board a day after his brother Erik was denied release  CNN Erik Menendez’s Wife Says Hearing Was ‘a Complete Setup’ After He’s Denied Parole  People.com California denies Erik Menendez parole as DA slams self-defense claims; brother Lyle faces separate hearing  Fox News Erik Menendez, …

A day after his brother Erik was denied a recommendation for release, Lyle Menendez will go before California’s parole board in a separate hearing to argue for his freedom after serving decades in prison for killing his parents.  Menendez is scheduled to appear virtually from the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego on Friday morning.  The Menendez brothers …

Erik Menendez, who was convicted of killing his parents, is denied parole  The Washington Post Menendez Hasn’t Been a ‘Model Prisoner,’ Board Says in Denying Parole  The New York Times Erik Menendez denied parole after decades in prison  CBS News August 21, 2025: DA Hochman Commends Parole Board Decision in Erik Menendez Case  Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office (.gov) Erik Menendez denied parole, …

Erik Menendez denied parole after 35 years in prison for parents’ murder  Reuters Lyle Menendez faces parole board a day after his brother Erik was denied release  CNN Lyle Menendez goes before California parole panel one day after his brother was denied  NBC News Erik Menendez denied parole by California board in Beverly Hills murder case  Fox News Erik Menendez has been denied parole. …

After a nearly 10-hour hearing, California officials denied Erik Menendez parole on Thursday after he spent decades behind bars for killing his parents, Kitty and Jose Menendez, in 1989. The presiding parole panel said he must wait three years before his next hearing. State law requires the parole board to schedule another hearing three, five, seven, 10 or 15 years in the …

SACRAMENTO — Erik Menendez will not be released, the California Parole board decided in a highly-anticipated and lengthy hearing Thursday, curtailing for now the contentious push by he and his older sibling to be freed after the 1989 killing of their parents in their Beverly Hills home. The hearing came after years of legal efforts by Menendez and his brother to be …