The Menendez brothers were convicted in the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, by a jury in 1996.
"The men on the jury and in the public were having a hard ... Deputy District Attorney Lester Kuriyama at the end of the Menendez brothers' 1993 trial. In his closing statement, Kuriyama ...
The Los Angeles district attorney has released new “evidence” in the Lyle and Erik Menendez case that could potentially lead to a review of their life sentences for murder.
Now, the jury would hear from only some — not all—of the witnesses who knew the Menendez family and helped corroborate the brothers' claims of abuse. Cliff Gardner: The D.A. was not going to ...
Family members of Lyle and Erik Menendez held a news conference in LA on Wednesday as calls for the brothers' freedom intensify.
Ultimately, the trial resulted in a hung jury. The second trial began in 1995. The Menendez brothers were tried together in front of a single jury and eventually convicted on two counts of ...
A mistrial was declared. Prosecutors decided to retry the Menendez brothers. At the retrial, which began in October 1995, and consisted of only one jury instead of two, prosecutors argued the ...
A jury found the brothers guilty in 1996 of killing Jose and Kitty Menendez after their highly publicized first trial ended in a mistrial.
The Menendez brothers were tried twice for their parents’ murders, with the first trial ending in a hung jury. Prosecutors at the time contended that there was no evidence of molestation ...