Erik Menendez appeared by video at a 10-hour parole hearing and argued that he had been rehabilitated and that release would help heal his family. The California Board of Parole Hearings denied parole, finding he still posed an unreasonable risk to public safety based on prison behavior rather than the original crime. Commissioners cited violations including drug smuggling, unauthorized cell phone use and episodes of violence in 1997 and 2011. Family members urged release and cited rehabilitation. The board will consider Lyle Menendez’s case separately, and Erik can apply again in three years.
an unreasonable risk to public safety,
Contrary to your supporters' beliefs, you have not been a model prisoner and frankly we find that a little disturbing,
When I look back at the person I was then and what I believed about the world and my parents, running away was inconceivable,
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