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Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) [3] and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), [4] commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers and convicted murderers who killed their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
Their televised trial, which captured the brothers recounting the alleged abuse in grim and graphic detail, ended when the jury could not reach a verdict. After a second trial, the siblings were ...
The brothers' first trial, which included testimony detailing the abuse, ended in two hung juries. ... is the best thing that has happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years because it’s ...
The first trial ended with hung juries after they could not deliver a unanimous verdict. The brothers were convicted of first-degree murder during their second trial.
The brothers, who were convicted of murder with special circumstances for the 1989 killings of Jose and Kitty Menendez, are serving life terms without the possibility of parole.
A month ago the brothers, convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez, appeared to be on the brink of release as their cases were recommended for resentencing.
After their first trial ended in a mistrial, a jury found the brothers guilty in 1996. ... Menendez brothers' bid for freedom: Another step forward. Aunts plead for the brothers' release.
Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez in a courtroom in Santa Monica on Aug. 6, 1990. In 1996, the brothers were convicted of first-degree murder for the slayings of their parents in the family's Beverly ...