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Why the Menendez Brothers Killed Their Parents
On August 20, 1989, José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez were shot to death in their Beverly Hills home. Nearly seven years, three trials, and many thousands of hours of TV coverage later, their sons, Lyle and Erik Menendez, were found guilty of their murders and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. That sentence is now subject to change, as the Los Angeles County district attorney announced Thursday the Menendez brothers should be resentenced based on new evidence in the case.
The Menendez murders became one of the most famous criminal cases of the late 20th century due to a potent mix of family drama, Hollywood connections, dramatic testimony, and cable TV’s ability to blanket the airwaves with coverage. As court proceedings unfolded, there was no doubt that Lyle and Erik had killed their parents. Why they did it was another story.
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, a dramatized account o
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New DA Deals Severe Blow to Menendez Brothers' Hopes. Here's How Erik and Lyle Could Still Go Free
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that he plans to oppose the Menendez brothers' petition to vacate their conviction.
Hochman made his announcement at a press conference at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 21.
Despite Hochman's opposition, the final decision about the habeas petition rests with a judge, not the district attorney. When asked if the brothers should go free, Hochman said, “It will ultimately be a court question.”
Lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez — who have long claimed they murdered their parents because they feared for their lives after years of sexual abuse by their father — filed the habeas corpus petition in Los Angeles Superior Court in May of 2023 to overturn their convictions.
The petition centered on sexual abuse allegations by Roy Rosselló, a former member of the Puerto Rican
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Los Angeles DA opposes new trial for Menendez brothers over parents’ deaths
Los Angeles’s new tough-on-crime district attorney made klar on Friday he was taking a much less sympathetic view of Erik and Lyle Menendez’s case, though his office has not yet announced what position it will take on the issue of whether the brothers should be resentenced.
Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, Menendez were found skyldig of first-degree murder in the killings of José and Kitty Menendez in 1989, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.
The defense said the brothers feared their parents were going to kill them to cover up years of sexual, psychological and physical abuse. Prosecutors portrayed the brothers, sons of a media executive, as motivated by greed for their multimillion-dollar inheritance. They repeatedly appealed against their convictions without success.
District attorney Nathan Hochman said at a press conference on Friday that he does not believe that Erik and Lyle Menendez deserve a