What did we learn from the parcels of conditional release from Menndez

Eric and Lyle Menendes were refused conditional release after appearing before separate tips in California this week.

The brothers spent decades behind bars about killing their wealthy parents in 1989. They claimed self -defense and have long insisted on their freedom.

Eric, who is already 54, is present at his hearing on Thursday. The 57 -year -old Lyle appeared in front of another panel on Friday. Both hearing were prolonged and kept remotely.

They revealed details of the couple’s time in prison – some of which explain why the panels denied their release.

In the case of Eric Conditional Liberation Commissioner, Robert Barton said the main reason for his refusal was not the killings themselves, but the behavior of Menendes in prison.

Barton rejected the idea that he was a “prisoner models”. He cites Menendez’s involvement in battles, drug use, and even tax fraud while linked to a gang.

It was revealed that Eric had collected forbidden objects, including ingredients for the preparation of wine materials and art materials – which he used to decorate his cell.

Barton said “the institutional violation of Menendes shows a lack of self -awareness.”

During the hearing of Lyle the next day, the Conditional Release Commissioner Julie Garland acknowledged the prisoner’s “remorse” and the changes he made while he was imprisoned.

“But despite all these external positives, we see … You still struggle with antisocial personality traits such as fraud, minimize and violate the rules hiding under this positive surface,” Garland said.

Garland said that “prisoners that violate the rules” are more likely to violate the rules in society.

Both tips emphasized the repeated use of brothers’ mobile phones – which are banned in prisons.

Eric said he initially felt that connecting to the outside world means more to him “than the consequences of caught me with the phone,” but he said he later rethought that opinion.

The problem with the phones also appeared in a prominent place in the case of Lyle – he pleaded guilty to a violation of the mobile phone recently in March this year.

Although there was a tablet that was allowed to use, Lyle explained that he had resorted to mobile phones because they give him more privacy.

“I would never be called a liberty -deprived model. I would say that I was a good person to spend my time helping people,” Lyle told the Council, noting that he had done a lot for vulnerable prisoners.

Eric, who was 18 years old at the time of the killings, was asked why he and their brother shot their parents, not just leave their home.

They have long claimed that killings are a matter of self -defense as their father has sexually abused them.

“When I looked back at the man I was then and what I believed in the world and my parents, running was unthinkable,” Mendes replied. “Running meant death.”

He added, “I just want my family to understand that I am so unimaginable for what I have exposed them.”

Lyle, who is considered a dominant brother, also insisted that more than three decades has been a different person.

“I am deeply sorry for who I am … about the harm I have suffered. I will never be able to compensate the harm and grief I have caused to everyone in my family.”

Asked why they killed their mother, as well as their father, Eric said he “saw them as one person” after learning that his mother was aware of violence.

Lyle said at the time that his parents would kill him.

Many people, mostly relatives, spoke in their support during the hearing.

The aunt of the Teresita brothers Menendes-Baralt, tears, said she had forgiven the couple for killing her brother. Explaining that there is a late stage cancer, she talks about her desire to welcome Eric to her home to “envelop” him before it is too late.

Lyle’s cousin Eileen Kano, who spoke to both hearing, said on board that he was amazed at how much Lyle he had achieved, even though he was faced with life in prison.

“While most people surrender to the lubricating weight of prison life, Lyle rose above him,” she said.

“Lyle will not be a risk to the community because we as a family will hold it responsible,” she continued. “Delaying his release will not serve as any purpose.”

Barton confessed the support, but told Eric: “Two things can be true. They can love you and forgive you and you can still be inappropriate for conditional release.”