Menendez Brothers To Be Resentenced after Successful Habeas Corpus Petition
It’s been over 30 years since the Menendez brothers turned their family’s Beverly Hills mansion into a crime scene that would captivate the nation. Lyle and Erik Menendez, two young men from privilege, make the irreversible decision to turn their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, into tragic headlines. Armed with shotguns, they enter the den where their parents sit watching TV, altering the course of their family and their lives forever. What followed was a media spectacle, first seen as an account of greed but evolving into a layered story of alleged trauma and abuse. Now, the brothers have filed a habeas corpus petition with new evidence, posing a crucial question, Could this legal maneuver change the Menendez brothers' fate?