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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Erik Menendez’s daughter calls out celebrities for staying silent during parole hearings

Erik Menendez’s adopted daughter, Talia, is blasting the celebrities who supported her father but have remained quiet after his parole was denied.

Erik, 54 — who, along with his older brother Lyle, 57, was sentenced in 1996 to life imprisonment for the 1989 slaying of their parents — has been fighting for his freedom since he became eligible for parole in May, when a Los Angeles judge reduced their original sentence to 50 years to life. The resentencing made them immediately eligible for parole under California law because they were under 26 when they committed their crimes.

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