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Inside the Menendez Parole Hearings: How Fame and Notoriety Collide with Justice
The Menendez brothers were denied parole for three years amid scrutiny of their prison conduct and public safety concerns, despite documented positive progress, officials said.
- On Aug. 21 and Aug. 22, the California Board of Parole Hearings denied parole to Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez, issuing three-year denials and keeping them in prison.
- Because they were resentenced from life without parole, Erik and Lyle Menendez became eligible for parole, but California governor Gavin Newsom can veto grants and has overridden releases citing an `unreasonable risk of danger to public safety`.
- Each hearing lasted almost 12 hours as parole commissioners, led by presiding commissioner Robert Barton, reviewed decades of prison records including violations like contraband and illegal cell phone use as recently as November 2024.
- High-Profile attendees and fast audio release turned an ordinary hearing into a spectacle, as Presiding commissioner Julie Garland and Board of Parole Hearings Executive Officer Scott Wyckoff acknowledged the plan.
- Political calculation and media attention have influenced parole outcomes, as Governor Gavin Newsom faces pressure and has revoked parole for other high-profile inmates.
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Inside the Menendez parole hearings: How fame and notoriety collide with justice
Celebrity helped the Menendez brothers get a shot at parole, but it also brought even more scrutiny to them as they made a case for release.
·San Diego County, United States
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