What Erik Menendez said in his hearing before being denied parole Nation Aug 22, 2025 2:51 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Erik Menendez was denied parole by panel of California commissioners Thursday.

During his hearing he offered his most detailed account in years of how he was raised and why he made the choices he did — both at the time of his parents’ killing and during his decades in prison.

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He and his brother Lyle were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for fatally shooting Jose and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.

The state corrections department chose a single reporter to watch the videoconference and share details with the rest of the press.

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