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3 days ago · Erik Menendez, Leslie Abramson, Lyle Menendez. Photo: ... At their 1993 trial, ... offered a new take on the Menendez murder trials, most of which was sympathetic to the brothers, who claimed they ...
They are accused of first-degree murder. ... Oct. 24, 2024, at the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) FILE - Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez sit with defense attorney Leslie ...
Oct 8, 2024 · The trial ended with two deadlocked juries, unable to agree on whether the brothers were guilty of murder or acted out of fear. This led to a mistrial on January 28, 1994, and set the stage for a ...
Sep 20, 2024 · Consequently, with the more charismatic Lyle unable to take the stand, and with public attention diverted by the trial of OJ Simpson (although there is nothing to suggest, as Monsters depicts, that the Menéndez brothers ever met Simpson), a far less explosive untelevised second trial saw both brothers convicted of first-degree murder in March 1996. The pair were sentenced to two consecutive ...
Oct 18, 2024 · During their initial trial, defense attorney Leslie Abramson contended that Lyle and Erik shot their parents in self-defense. She argued that the brothers feared their parents would kill them if ...
Oct 19, 2024 · Lyle Menendez, 56, and his brother Erik Menendez, 53, have been locked up since March 1990, when they were first arrested for the Aug. 20, 1989, murders of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise ...
Jan 11, 2018 · According to court documents, on August 8-9, 1969, four members of the hippie cult known as the “Manson Family” broke into the former home of film director, Roman Polanski, and his wife, Sharon Tate. Tate was 9 months pregnant at the time, and was hosting a get together with friends at the Los Angeles home, located at 10050 Cielo Drive.
