It comes just a day after Erik was also denied parole. Both Menendez brothers won’t be eligible for parole for another three years.
Erik Menendez (L) and his brother Lyle at their original trial. (Picture: Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
The brothers were sentenced to life in prison in 1996 for fatally shooting their father, Jose Menendez, and mother, Kitty Menendez, in their Beverly Hills mansion on August 20, 1989.
Erik Menendez, who is being held at the same prison as his brother in San Diego, was denied parole on Thursday after commissioners determined his misbehavior in prison made him still a risk to public safety.
He seemed to still want to protect his “baby brother,” telling commissioners he took sole responsibility for the murders.
The panel began by asking how abuse impacted decision-making in his life.
“I was the special son in my family. My brother was the castaway,” he said. “The physical abuse was focused on me because I was more important to him, I felt.”
Commissioners asked if one death made him more sorrowful than the other.
Later, he broke down in tears when recounting how they confronted their mother about Jose Menendez’s abuse of his younger brother.
The panel asked Lyle Menendez whether the murders were planned, and about the brothers buying guns.
“I no longer believe that they were going to kill us in that moment,” he said. “At the time, I had that honest belief.”
“I had convinced myself that this wasn’t … harming anyone but myself in a rule violation,” Menendez said.
“I would never call myself a model incarcerated person,” Menendez said. “I would say that I’m a good person, that I spent my time helping people. … I’m the guy that officers will come to to resolve conflicts.”
According to previous court documents, Menendez has not gotten into any fights in his time in prison. He said nonviolence was a promise he made to his grandmother.
With additional reporting by AP
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