Parole board rules against elder Menendez brother, convicted over killing parents in Los Angeles in 1989
Parole board rules against elder Menendez brother, convicted over killing parents in Los Angeles in 1989
Lyle Menendez was denied parole for his role in the 1989 killings of his parents on Friday, just a day after the California parole board denied the release of his brother Erik.
California governor Gavin Newsom will have the final say in whether or not the 57-year-old will be released.
Lyle and Erik Menendez have spent nearly 30 years behind bars for the murders of their parents. The brothers, who were 18 and 21 at the time of the killings, have said they fatally shot José and Kitty Menendez after years of molestation by their father. They were sentenced to life in prison in 1996, after prosecutors argued they committed the violence in order to receive a multimillion-dollar inheritance.
The case has long fascinated the public and drawn international attention. Their first trial was televised by Court TV.
But their story reached a new generation thanks to social media and numerous TV dramas and documentaries that focused on the abuse the brothers say they faced and criticism that they were treated unfairly by prosecutors and the media.
