Killing The Menendez Brothers

Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Menendez (born November 27, 1970) are brothers who were convicted in 1996 for the murders of their parents, José and Mary Menéndez.

During the trial, the Menéndez brothers stated that they committed the murders in fear that their father would kill them after they threatened to expose him for years of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, while the prosecution argued that they did it to inherit their father's multimillion-dollar estate. They were first tried separately, with one jury for each brother. Both juries deadlocked, which resulted in a mistrial. For the second trial, they were tried together by a single jury, which found them guilty, and as a result, they were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.