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Family tragedy or cold-blooded murder? - Menendez Brothers: Murder By Media

Erik and Lyle Menendez sitting in court

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America was shaken to its core when two rich boys from Beverly Hills brutally murdered their parents. Did they kill them for their inheritance, or was there more nuance to this seemingly open and shut case? Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were two greedy rich kids from Beverly Hills who murdered their parents to grab a $14 million dollar inheritance…or so it seemed. Now, after two trials, a massive cultural reckoning, and the emergence of shocking new evidence, this infamous true crime story is re-examined from a fresh perspective: did a swirl of media and politics put a thumb on the scales of justice in this case?