The Menendez brothers — who were given a new shot at freedom 35 years after gunning down their parents — have been working on a beautification project in prison that’s designed to mimic the more humanitarian conditions in the Norwegian penal system.
Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted of the 1989 shotgun murder of their parents, have been trying to improve the San Diego prison where they’ve been incarcerated for the past six years and are serving life sentences. Prior to that, the killer siblings had been in separate facilities since 1996.
In 2018, Lyle, 56, launched an initiative called Green Space , at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility. His younger brother, Erik, 53, is the lead painter for a massive mural illustrating San Diego landmarks…