The California Board of Parole Hearings on Thursday rejected the release of Erik Menendez, one of the two brothers convicted in the 1989 killing of their parents in Southern California.
Erik and his brother, Lyle Menendez, were initially sentenced to life without parole, but in May their sentences were reduced to 50 years to life, making them eligible for parole after serving more than 30 years in prison.
The board is also set to decide on Lyle Menendez’s parole.
The brothers, who were 18 and 21 at the time of the killings, said they acted out of self-defense following years of sexual abuse at the hands of their father that went ignored by their mother….