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Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers convicted of killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
The brothers were both arrested in 1990 on two counts of first-degree murder. Two subsequent trials resulted in Erik and Lyle’s conviction and a life sentence without the possibility of parole.
They are accused of first-degree murder. July 1993: The Menendez brothers go on trial in a Los Angeles courtroom, each with a separate jury, in a trial televised on Court TV. Prosecutors argued ...
In the summer of 1989, Erik and Lyle Menendez burst into the den of their family’s Beverly Hills home armed with shotguns and opened fire, killing their mother and father. After the brothers ...
A Complete Timeline of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s Murder Case: From Arrest to Sentencing to New Hearing After two trials, they were ultimately found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to ...
The petition also details a recently discovered letter that defense attorneys say was written by Erik Menendez eight months before the 1989 shooting that suggests sexual abuse by his father ...
The court reexamining the Menendez case indicates an institution reckoning with change. And it's not just one case bringing attention to sexual abuse of male victims .
On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 20, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were watching TV inside their Beverly Hills mansion when their sons, Lyle, 21, and Erik, 18, burst into the room with 12-gauge ...