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(NewsNation) — A California state panel on Friday denied parole to Lyle Menendez, a day after parole commissioners voted to keep his younger brother, Erik, behind bars for the Aug. 20, 1989, shotgun murders of their parents.
Details were still trickling out following a daylong and closed parole hearing in which Lyle Menendez and his supporters argued the 57-year-old would not present a danger to the public if released from prison. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office, which oppos