The decision by California parole commissioners was announced after a 10-hour hearing in which Erik Menendez, appearing via video from a San Diego prison, argued that he had been rehabilitated and that setting him free would help heal his family. Several relatives argued in favor of his release.
The seriousness of the crime was “not a primary reason for this denial,“ Barton said. “It’s still your behavior in prison.”
“Contrary to your supporters’ beliefs, you have not been a model prisoner and frankly we find that a little disturbing,“ Barton said.
The brothers said they shot their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, because they feared for their lives after years of sexual abuse by their father and emotional abuse by their mother. Erik Menendez was 18 and Lyle Menendez was 21 at the time.
“When I look back at the person I was then and what I believed about the world and my parents, running away was inconceivable,“ he said.
The brothers have been in custody since March 1990 and originally sentenced in 1996 to two consecutive life terms without the possibility of parole.
Family members have supported the brothers' release, saying the pair have paid their debt to society. Erik Menendez is now 54 and Lyle Menendez is 57. Both are married.
Menendez-Baralt said she was dying from stage 4 cancer and “more than anything I hope I live long enough to welcome him into my home.”
“To sit at the same table, to wrap my arms around him - that would bring me immeasurable peace and joy,“ she said - REUTERS
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