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Podcast: Banfield
Episode: Erik Menendez’ freedom bid shut down by parole board | Banfield Full Episode 8/21
Description: On “Banfield,” a California parole board said Erik Menendez's crime outweighs the decades of work he's done in prison. NewsNation's Brian Entin is outside the prison where the hearing took place. Also, Menendez's sponsor, rapper Anerae "X-Raided" Brown, reacts to the news. Then, former parole board commissioner Carol Shapiro joins "Banfield" to discuss why she wasn't surprised Menendez was denied parole — and how she was "saddened" by the outcome. Also, Tommy Pope, the lead prosecutor in the Susan Smith trial, joins "Banfield" to discuss the case of missing 7-month-old Emmanuel Haro and the possibility of his parents' role in his di...