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Lyle and Erik were charged with two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances for lying in wait, making them eligible for the death penalty, and charges of conspiracy to murder. During their first trial, the defense argued that the brothers killed their parents in self-defense after years of alleged sexual , emotional , and ...
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.
After the brothers were charged in the murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez, they said they gunned down their parents after years of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father — an ...
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 ...
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 Menendez brothers, who were 21 and 18 at the time, murdered their parents, Kitty and José Menendez, on Aug. 20, 1989. Lyle was arrested first, on March 8, 1990, followed by his brother, who ...
Erik and Lyle Menendez were eventually charged with murder after Erik, who was 18 years old, confessed to the killings to his therapist in March 1990. Read more: New evidence may back Menendez ...
Erik and Lyle Menendez were eventually charged with murder after Erik, who was then 18 years old, confessed the killings to his therapist in March 1990. Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez in Beverly ...