Four things we learned from Erik Menendez’s parole hearing

Erik Menendez’s long conditional release hearing in California on Thursday contained various information about the time behind the railings of the board of directors to reject the request to release the release request.

Together with Erik brother Lyle, in 1989, he spent fences for decades for the murders of the wealthy parents’ hunting rifle murders, which was also discussed at the hearing. The brothers claimed to defend themselves and for a long time they have forced their freedom.

Lyle has her own hearing on Friday. Based on the trial of Thursday, some of the of what we learned about the murders and Erik’s time in prison.

Parole commissioner Robert Barton said that the main reason for his denial was not the murders themselves, but Menendez’s behavior in prison.

Barton rejected the idea that Menendez was a “model prisoner”, but he said he was “insight.” There was a discussion about Menendez’s participation in fights, drug use and even a gang of a gang.

Menendez won censorship because Barton has banned materials – especially an illegal use of a mobile phone.

Menendez, “What I received from the phone and my connection with the outside world, was much larger than the consequences of my caught by phone.” However, he said he later thought of this view.

He asked Menendez, 18 years old at the time of the crime, why he and his brother had killed his parents instead of just leaving the house.

He and his brother have long claimed that murders have been a matter of self -defense, because their fathers are sexually harassing.

Menendez replied, “When I returned to the person I am, and escaping to what I believed in the world and my family, Menendez replied. “Escape meant death.”

When asked why their mothers killed their mothers, Menendez said that after learning that his mother was aware of the abuse, he saw them as a person.

In addition to the mobile phone, it turned out that other illegal goods hiding by Menendez contain candles, materials to make wine and art supplies.

La Times reported that it was used to decorate the cells of art materials.

Commenting on illegal goods, Barton said that Menendez shows a lack of self -awareness of institutional abuse, “he said.

Menendez, who accepted the effect of his crimes on his relatives, said to the hearing: “I just want my family to understand that I am too sorry for what I put them.”

It is known that the number of relatives who want to see that the brothers were released is now more than a dozen. The group gave explanations for this effect.

One of them said that the brothers forgive the couple for killing their couple for killing her brother. He explained that there was a late stage cancer and talked about his desire to invite Erik to his home to “wrap my arms” before too late.

Barton accepted support, but Menendez told me: “Two things may be right. They can love and forgive you, and you may still be found to be unsuitable for conditional evacuation.”