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The parole board decisions take the heat off Gavin Newsom.
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Vue lecture
Released audio recording of Thursday hearing angers Menendez family.
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Lyle Menendez said his mother also sexually abused him.
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In his closing statement, Lyle Menendez said he would be ‘forever sorry.’
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In denying Lyle Menendez parole, officials cited the ‘callous’ murders.
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Erik and Lyle Menendez have approached their rehabilitation differently in prison.
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Lyle Menendez’s hearing took on a different tone from his brother’s.
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In 1996, the brothers were convicted of murdering their parents.
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Erik Menendez Denied Parole: 4 Takeaways From the Hearing
Lyle has his hearing Friday. Several aspects of the rationale given in denying Erik parole suggest his brother’s outlook is bleak.
Erik Menendez Denied Parole: 4 Takeaways From the Hearing
Lyle Menendez has his hearing Friday. Several of the concerns raised in denying parole to Erik suggest Lyle faces considerable hurdles in his own bid for release.
The brothers’ case has been a reckoning for the 1990s.
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‘You have not been a model prisoner,’ parole commissioner says in denial.
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After being denied parole, Erik Menendez still has other pathways to freedom.
One legal avenue the Menendez brothers have pursued remains open to them: a habeas petition, which is a vehicle for challenging unlawful detentions.
Mark Geragos and the rest of Lyle and Erik Menendez’s attorneys have pursued several legal strategies to free the brothers from prison, including filing a habeas petition in Los Angeles Superior Court.
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Erik Menendez was questioned about illicit cellphone use inside the prison.
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Lyle and Erik Menendez Make Their Case for Parole
The two will have separate hearings, and it is not at all certain that the outcome will be the same for each man.
Menendez Brothers Parole Hearings: What to Expect and How to Follow
The hearings are being held on consecutive days, with separate deliberations for each brother.
Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez in a courtroom in Santa Monica, Calif., in 1990.
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Heart of the Menendez Case: Who Deserves a Second Chance?
Media attention has brought the Menendez brothers to the cusp of early release from prison. Criminal justice reform proponents hope other prisoners benefit.
Lyle Menendez, second from left, and his brother, Erik, second from right, flanked by defense lawyers in court in 1990.
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Lyle and Erik Menendez Make Their Case for Parole
The two will have separate hearings, and it is not at all certain that the outcome will be the same for each man.
Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez in Beverly Hills Municipal Court in 1990.
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Suspect in Deadly Montana Bar Shooting Is Captured, Official Says
An Army veteran wanted in connection with the killing of four people at a bar in the town of Anaconda was taken into custody on Friday after an eight-day manhunt.
Four people were killed in a shooting at the Owl Bar in Anaconda, Mont., on Friday.
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