Menendez brothers who killed their parents and became a Netflix series may be released from prison after 35 years

The series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story” was recently released on Netflix, which tells the story of Eric and Lyle Menéndez, who murdered their parents in 1989 and have remained in prison ever since. According to prosecutors, the two brothers killed their parents to inherit their father’s fortune. But, as described in the series, the two children claimed from the first moment that they were sexually abused by their father, since they were six years old, with the knowledge of their mother who did nothing and killed them, being in self-defense. The Netflix series has renewed interest in the sensational case, and, as the BBC reports, the convictions of Eric and Lyle Menendez are to be reconsidered. On Thursday, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon said there was a “moral and ethical obligation” to review evidence filed last year by the siblings, who reiterated that they were sexually abused by the father […]
Source: News Beast

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