Should the Menendez brothers be set free? | 60 Minutes Australia

Lyle and Erik Menendez’s lawyer says the brothers would not have been convicted for murder “if they had been the Menendez sisters.”
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Synopsis | Villains or Victims? (2024)
Back when it happened, greed was the simple explanation that went with the headlines. Lyle and Erik Menendez had shot dead their wealthy parents in the family’s Beverly Hills mansion to get their hands on a $14 million inheritance. Of course, the brothers denied that was the case. In court they said they killed because their evil father had been sexually abusing them. But they weren’t believed. Found guilty, the pair were sentenced to life behind bars, without parole. Now though, 35 years later, Tara Brown reports there’s not only new evidence but enormous support from armchair detectives around the world who are convinced the Menendez brothers really are victims, not villains. So should they be freed?
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