Ny bevisning i fallet med bröderna Menéndez
Åklagare i Los Angeles kommer att gå igenom ny bevisning i fallet med bröderna Erik och Lyle Menéndez, 53 respektive 56 år gamla, som dömdes 1996 för att ha mördat sina föräldrar sex år tidigare. Det rapporterar amerikanska medier.
De nya bevisen inkluderar ett brev skrivet av Erik som hans advokater menar bekräftar anklagelserna om att han utsatts för sexuella övergrepp av sin far, skriver nyhetsbyrån. Det skulle kunna resultera i en ny rättegång, skriver Variety.
Fallet har aktualiserats av Netflix-serien ”Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story” som släpptes tidigare i september.
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Lyle and Erik Menendez
Wikipedia (en)
Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970), collectively referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers who were convicted in 1996 of the murders of their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez.
During their trial, the brothers first stated that they committed the murders out of fear that their father would kill them after they threatened to expose him for years of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse, while the prosecution argued that they did it to inherit their father's multimillion-dollar estate. They were first tried separately with one jury for each brother. However, both juries deadlocked, resulting in mistrials. In a second trial, they were tried together and found guilty. Both brothers were sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.
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