When the Los Angeles district attorney announced last week that his office would review new evidence in the Menéndez case, it marked the first time in decades that the brothers had any hope of a release.
Erik and Lyle Menéndez have been in prison since their 1996 conviction in the killings of their parents, José and Kitty, in 1989. The fatal shooting of a prominent entertainment executive and his wife in Beverly Hills, at the hands of their own children, captured international attention three decades ago – their first trial was televised by Court TV – and has reached a new generation thanks to social media and numerous TV dramas and documentaries.
