Episode 148
Lyle and Erik Menendez
Thu, 2017-Sep-28 01:46 UTC
Length - 1:55
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With 271,594 views on Wednesday, 27 September 2017 our article of the day is Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Joseph Lyle Menéndez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menéndez (born November 27, 1970) are American brothers from Beverly Hills, California, who were convicted in a high-profile trial in 1994 for the 1989 murder by shotgun of their wealthy parents, entertainment executive José and his wife, Mary ("Kitty").
During the trial, the brothers claimed that the murders stemmed from years of sexual and psychological abuse that they had suffered at the hands of their parents. The juries deadlocked in both trials, but in their retrials, the juries both rejected the defense's claim. The brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:46 UTC on Thursday, 28 September 2017.
For the full current version of the article, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_and_Erik_Menendez.
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