Brothers serving decades in prison denied parole

Lyle Menendez was denied parole Friday by the same board that a day earlier rejected his brother Erik’s appeal for freedom after serving decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The reason was the same: Misbehavior behind bars.

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A panel of two commissioners denied Lyle Menendez parole for three years after a daylong hearing. Commissioners noted the older brother still displayed "antisocial personality traits like deception, minimization, and rule-breaking that lie beneath that positive surface."

"We do understand that you had very little hope of being released for years," said commissioner Julie Garland. “Citizens are expected to follow the rules whether or not there is some incentive to do so."

She also said the panel found his remorse genuine and that he has been a “model inmate in many ways who has demonstrated the potential for change.”