How the Menendez brothers murder case unfolded after huge new release twist
14-05-2025 16:42 via metro.co.uk

How the Menendez brothers murder case unfolded after huge new release twist

The two brothers were convicted of murder seven years after their parents were killed (Picture: Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)Two men at the centre of one of the most famous murder cases in the 20th century are even closer to freedom after spending 35 years behind bars.A California judge has dramatically reduced the Menendez brothers’ sentences, now aged 54 and 57.
Erik and Lyle Menendez were at the centre of a media firestorm in the 1990s when their case went to trial, and a
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