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The Grand Illuminist

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Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:17 PM Aug 2025

Erik Menendez to remain in prison after decision by California Parole Board [View all]

Source: LA Times

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 set free despite being convicted of life without the possibility of parole in 1995. Their jury trial, and accounts of an abusive upbringing in the upscale Beverly Hills home, inspired several documentaries and television series and drew renewed attention to their case and allegations of sexual abuse against their father.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-08-21/california-parole-board-erik-menendez

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Good Pas-de-Calais Aug 2025 #1
Good PJMcK Aug 2025 #2
No evidence the parents did anything to "abuse" them. valleyrogue Aug 2025 #4
We cam disagree about the parents PJMcK Aug 2025 #5
Facts are facts. valleyrogue Aug 2025 #6
I wasn't aware they weren't living at home Skittles Aug 2025 #11
Good. Hope Lyle will also be denied parole. valleyrogue Aug 2025 #3
Abramson got a lot of "NG" verdicts for her clients. LeftInTX Aug 2025 #7
"ALL killed... because of greed and overwhelming sense of entitlement." OldBaldy1701E Aug 2025 #8
They went out and bought matching Rolex watches TexasBushwhacker Aug 2025 #10
yup Skittles Aug 2025 #13
Maybe the abuse turned them into psychopaths TexasBushwhacker Aug 2025 #14
The brothers should rot and die in prison. republianmushroom Aug 2025 #9
Since both brothers were denied parole, valleyrogue Aug 2025 #12
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