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SACRAMENTO — A day after his younger brother was denied release, Lyle Menendez also saw California parole officials reject his bid for freedom, ruling he will remain behind bars for now for the 1989 shotgun murders of his parents. The parole board grilled Menendez, 57, over his efforts to get witnesses to lie during his trials, the lavish shopping sprees he and …

LOS ANGELES (KABC) — A California parole board decided to deny Lyle Menendez parole after he has spent nearly 30 years in prison for the 1989 murders of his parents, José and Kitty Menendez, when he was 21 years old. Lyle and his brother Erik Menendez were convicted of first-degree murder in 1996 during a retrial and sentenced to life …

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 …

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 …

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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 …

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A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed the convicted murderer to gather the supplies he needed, according to an internal review. The Arkansas Department of Corrections’ critical incident review of Grant Hardin‘s May 25 escape from …

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — A former police chief known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” spent months planning his escape from an Arkansas prison, and said lax security in the kitchen where he worked allowed the convicted murderer to gather the supplies he needed, an internal review by prison officials released Friday said. The Department of Corrections’ critical incident …