Menendez Brothers: Murder By Media

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?

'MENENDEZ BROTHERS: MURDER BY MEDIA' spelled out using newspaper headlines. On the right is an image of the Menendez Brothers in court

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