Revisiting Justice: Menendez Brothers Case reexamined amidst new evidence and cultural shift on sexual abuse awareness
Los Angeles, California — Over three decades after Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted for the brutal murder of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, the Los Angeles County District Attorney is reevaluating their life sentences amid new understandings of sexual abuse and its impact on victims. The fresh examination seeks to determine the degree of the brothers’ culpability, considering comprehensive evidential and contextual factors that have emerged since their trial. In August 1989, …