AP Alert Board denies parole for Erik Menendez despite reduced sentence for parents' 1989 murders JAIMIE DING Associated Press Aug 21, 2025 Aug 21, 2025 Updated Feb 25, 2026 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save LOS ANGELES — Erik Menendez was denied parole Thursday after serving decades in prison for murdering his parents with his older brother in 1989.kAmp A2?6= @7 r2=:7@C?:2 4@>>:DD:@?6CD 56?:65 |6?6?56K A2C@=6 7@C E9C66 J62CD[ 27E6C H9:49 96 H:== 36 6=:8:3=6 282:?[ :? 2 42D6 E92E 4@?E:?F6D E@ 72D4:?2E6 E96 AF3=:4]k^AmkAmp A2C@=6 962C:?8 7@C 9:D 3C@E96C {J=6 |6?6?56K[ H9@ :D 96=5 2E E96 D2>6 AC:D@? :? $2? s:68@[ :D D4965F=65 7@C uC:52J >@C?:?8]k^Am kAm%96 EH@ 4@>>:DD:@?6CD 56E6C>:?65 E92E |6?6?56K D9@F=5 ?@E 36 7C665 27E6C 2? 2==\52J 962C:?8 5FC:?8 H9:49 E96J BF6DE:@?65 9:> 23@FE H9J 96 4@>>:EE65 E96 4C:>6 2?5 G:@=2E65 AC:D@? 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