# A California parole board has denied parole for Erik Menendez, who has spent nearly 30 years in jail. He was convicted alongside his brother Lyle of murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989. They were 18 and 21 at the time. The board ruled that Erik Menendez continues to pose an unreasonable risk to public safety if released, listing his teenage criminal history and the brutality of the killings. He can apply for parole again in three years. His brother’s parole hearing is today.
Erik Menendez denied parole decades after killing his parents