Why The Menendez Brothers Wouldn’t Have Received Such A Severe Sentence If Their Case Happened Today
Ryan Murphy’s show “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” is not supposed to tell the truth, just show every angle of the story. But regardless of any angle, the brothers’ sentence was too severe.
If you belong to the minority group of people who have not binge-watched this show and gone to the innumerable Reddit threads, TikToks, and all other search engine and discussion groups, here is a brief rundown of what happened on that fateful night of August 20, 1989: It was a Saturday night when brothers Erik, 18, and Lyle, 21, opened fire against their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in their home’s TV room. For weeks, the murder remained a mystery as the police focused their investigation on the mafia and Jose Menendez’s business associates, while the brothers stayed at the iconic Beverly Hills Hotel and spent $700,000 on all sorts of things: cars, clothes, watches, imprudent businesses, more food they could eat, and more.