US EditionLyle Menendez Denied Parole, a Day After Brother Erik Was Also Denied
The California parole board cited ongoing public safety concerns and past rule violations in denying parole to the Menendez brothers after 36 years of incarceration for their parents' murder.
- On August 25, 2025, the California Board of Parole Hearings denied parole for Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez, imposing at least an 18-month postponement to their release.
- A resentencing in May made Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez immediately eligible for parole after reducing their sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life; their parents, Jose Menendez and Kitty Menendez, were killed on August 20, 1989.
- Board members zeroed in on the crime scene resembling a gangland execution where Jose Menendez was shot five times and Kitty Menendez wounded, while highlighting Erik Menendez's nine rule violations and contraband cellphone issues.
- The parole board's decision may enter an internal review of up to 120 days, while California Gov. Gavin Newsom has 30 days to act and the brothers pursue habeas petitions and clemency requests.
- The case continues to draw national attention, recently reignited by Netflix series 'Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story'; nearly all relatives of the Menendez family support release while correction staff members who submitted letters cite rehabilitation efforts.
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Release of audio recording interrupts Menendez hearing as brothers’ parole is denied
The unexpected release of audio from Erik Menendez’s tightly controlled parole hearing last week nearly derailed Friday’s proceedings for his brother, Lyle, and infuriated his family members – who raised questions about the recording’s impact on the outcome and how it was released.
Thanks to Netflix, interest in the case has reawakened: Lyle and Erik Menendez have become a pop-cultural phenomenon. A parole committee has now opposed their release.
They are accused of regular violations and lack of self-reflection: 36 years after the murder of their parents, evaluators in California have decided that the Menendez brothers will not be released prematurely.
The Parole Board denied the parole request of the Menendez brothers, notorious 1990s murderers, citing the fact that they were not the good prisoners many thought.
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