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Erik Menendez was denied release from prison Thursday after becoming eligible for parole in May

The California Board of Parole Hearings Commissioner said Erik's role in his parents' 1989 murders was "devoid of human compassion"

A parole hearing for Erik's older brother Lyle Menendez takes place Friday

The commissioner for the California Board of Parole Hearings did not mince words while denying Erik Menendez his release from prison on Thursday, Aug. 21.

Commissioner Robert Barton reportedly told the youngest Menendez brother, 54, that the 1989 killing of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez was “devoid of human compassion,” noting the particular brutality of the shotgun murders for which he was convicted alongside brother Lyle Menendez , now 57, according to local

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