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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 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 .
The brothers have said they killed their parents out of self-defense after enduring a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse from them. Their attorneys argue that because of society's changing views on sexual abuse, that the brothers may not have been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole today.
Cano's mother found the letter nine years ago. Cano testified that Erik Menendez told him about his father's abuse when he was 13.. He died in 2003, Fox Los Angeles reported. Read On The Fox News App
A Change.org petition titled "Appeal for Menendez Brothers" has over 365,000 signatures and aims to get a new trial, a reduced sentence, or another equitable remedy for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
The brothers' attorneys and the coalition of family members have said the judge overseeing the second trial excluded substantial evidence of the abuse the Menendez brothers had suffered.
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.