Erik and Lyle Menendez’s Attorney Claims Parole Hearing Was ‘Rigged’

Mark GeragosA lawyer representing Erik And Lyle MenendezExpressed after their respective parole requests were refused.

“It was obviously rigged,” said Geragos, 67 years old TmzThe podcast “2 Angry Men”. “It was incredible what it was like ***.”

Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were found guilty of first degree murder In 1996, after admitting to having killed their parents almost 10 years ago. Although the brothers and sisters both stated that their actions were out of defense after years of mistreatment, they were sentenced to life prison without the possibility of parole.

After a Netflix documentary and a series scripted on Erik and Lyle aroused renewed interest in the case, the Los Angeles district prosecutor recommended in 2024 that the brothers were convicted. A judge reduces their sentences In May at 50 years for life with the possibility of parole.

In relation: Erik Menendez Tammi’s wife: the denial of parole is a “configuration” and an “injustice”

Erik Menendez’s wife, Tammi Menendez, described his denial as a parole as “complete configuration” and “injustice”. “The commissioner of parole, Robert Barton, made his compensated mind to refuse the parole of Erik from the start! It was a complete configuration, and Erik never was lucky! 😡 #injustice”, shared Tammi in a post X on Thursday August 21, little time […]

The news broke on Thursday August 21 that Erik was denied paroleOne day before Lyle’s hearing. Lyle was held in front of another panel of parole commissioners on Friday August 22, who also recommended that they were not released in parole. The panel specifically said that Lyle has undergone several telephone violations Of his time behind bars.

“”[It was a reporter who pointed out] That one of the commissioners during Lyle’s mobile phone activity really compared the activity of the gangs, which must be the highest of hypocrisy and speak of the way he threatens correctional agents, “said Geragos, saying that smuggled agents often enter the aircraft in prisons.” First of all, they have tablets. [and] They have phones. They pay per minute. The only person who does not benefit or does not get financially impacting by using the mobile phone in prisons is for -profit suppliers. »»

He added: “The idea that a mobile phone will be the reason why you are not going – in this company [and] Nowadays of AI, where you are trying to talk about people who go out and the transition. The record is completed, with Lyle in particular, that he would not retaliate when he was attacked in prison. »»

In relation: Menendez’s lawyer reveals if Erik, Lyle has a plan after liberation from the prison

While the new approaches by Lyle and Erik Mennendez, do the brothers have defined plans in the possibility of their prison release? Their lawyer Mark Geragos spoke with Us Weekly and other journalists at a press conference held by the Mennendez family on Wednesday October 16, saying: “I will not talk about [Erik and […]

Geragos stressed that he had no evidence that the hearings were really faked but argued that Erik and Lyle should have been good candidates for parole.

“It was the Kabuki theater,” he said, referring to the traditional Japanese art form. “”[If] You remember during the renowned audience [that] There were all kinds of shenanigans by the conditional liberation council to the point where the judge … actually got up on the bench and on the file and said: “It’s stupid.” “”

According to Geragos, the alleged attempt to liberate parole commissioners to modify the assessment of post-liberation risks was “beyond the pale”.

Erik’s wife, Tammi,, shared a similar criticism After her husband’s hearing on Thursday.

“The parole commissioner, Robert Barton, had his compensated mind to refuse Erik’s conditional release from the start,” she said in a post. “It was a complete configuration, and Erik was never lucky! #Injustice.”