abstract:Joseph Lyle Menendez (born January 10, 1968) and Erik Galen Menendez (born November 27, 1970) are brothers who are known for their conviction, as a result of a much-publicized trial, for the shotgun murders during 1989 of their wealthy parents, entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Mary "Kitty" Menendez (née Anderson), residents of Beverly Hills, California. They were sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors presented computer-generated illustrations of the killings in an effort to show that ErikandLyleMenendez planned the deaths of their parents.
Simpson, ErikandLyleMenendez, and various defendants in preschool molestation cases have been lengthy, lawyer-dominated soap operas in which the search for truth has been subordinated to the manipulation of procedures.