3️⃣ *Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez are set to face a judge on Monday* as the campaign to free them from their life sentences for the *shotgun murders of their parents* gathers pace.
The *pair have been in prison since a blockbuster trial in 1993* that drew television audiences of millions in the US, *captivated by the details of the slayings* of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the family's luxury Beverly Hills mansion.
*Prosecutors painted it as a cold-hearted bid by the men* -- Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 at the time -- to *get their hands on their parents' $14 million fortune.*
But their *attorneys described the 1989 killings as an act of desperate self-defense by young men* subjected to years of sexual abuse and psychological violence at the hands of an abusive father and a complicit mother.
The *case saw a surge of renewed interest this year* with the release of the Netflix hit *_"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."_*
3️⃣ *Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez are set to face a judge on Monday* as the campaign to free them from their life sentences for the *shotgun murders of their parents* gathers pace.
🇺🇸 ⚖️ The *pair have been in prison since a blockbuster trial in 1993* that drew television audiences of millions in the US, *captivated by the details of the slayings* of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the family's luxury Beverly Hills mansion.
*Prosecutors painted it as a cold-hearted bid by the men* -- Lyle was 21 and Erik was 18 at the time -- to *get their hands on their parents' $14 million fortune.*
But their *attorneys described the 1989 killings as an act of desperate self-defense by young men* subjected to years of sexual abuse and psychological violence at the hands of an abusive father and a complicit mother.
The *case saw a surge of renewed interest this year* with the release of the Netflix hit *_"Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."_*
