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Public opinion decided their fate - Menendez Brothers: Murder By Media

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With their trial televised for all the world to see, the court of public opinion any chance the Menendez Brothers had at freedom. 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?