Four things we learned from Erik Menendez’s parole hearing

Erik Menendez had several insights at a long parole hearing in California Thursday, with some of them being in jail time – some of which included the board’s decision to refuse a request for release.

Erik, along with his brother Lyle, was killed by a shotgun by a wealthy parent in 1989, and was also discussed at the hearing. The brothers claim to be self-defense and have long worked hard for their freedom.

Lyle had her own hearing on Friday. This is based on Thursday’s hearing, we almost participated in the Killing and the time Erik learned in prison.

Parole Commissioner Robert Barton said the main reason for rejecting him was not the killing itself, but Menendez’s behavior in prison.

Patton rejected any notion that Menendez was a “model prisoner”, although he said he was “geting insight.” Menendez is discussed in gang-related battles, drug use, and even tax fraud scams.

Menendez won Barton’s condemnation for his possession of banned materials – especially his repeated illegal use of his cell phone.

“In terms of phone calls and contact with the outside world, I got far more than the consequences of being caught by the phone,” Menendez explained, but he said he later reconsidered that view.

Menendez, 18 years old during the crime, was asked why he and his brother shot their parents to death instead of simply leaving the house.

He and his brother have long claimed that killing is a matter of self-defense because their father is sexually abused them.

Menendez replied, “When I look back at the people at that time, and my trust in the world, and my parents’ escape was unimaginable.” “Escape means death.”

When asked why they killed their mother and their father, Menandez said he learned that the mother knew the abused mother “sees them as one person.”

In addition to mobile phones, other contrabands found in Menandes include candles, ingredients for making wine and artistic materials.

According to the Los Angeles Times, artworks were used to decorate his cell.

Commenting on smuggling goods, Patton said Menandes’ “institutional misconduct indicates a lack of self-awareness.”

Menendez acknowledged the impact of his crimes on his relatives and said: “I just want my family to understand that I feel sad about what I’ve been through.”

As we all know now, there are more than a dozen relatives who want to see brothers. The group made statements about the effect.

One of them was Teresita Menendez-Baralt, the brother’s aunt, who said in tears that she forgave the couple for killing her brother. She explained that she had advanced cancer, and she said she wanted to welcome Erik into the home to “entangle my arms” and then it was too late.

Patton acknowledged the support, but told Menendez: “Two things may be true. They can love and forgive you and still find that you are not suitable for parole.”