Today, 35 years later, I am deeply ashamed of who I was. I am so sorry to each and every one of you, and I am grateful for your love and forgiveness.
LYLE MENENDEZ: ‘I take full responsibility for these terrible crimes’

Today, 35 years later, I am deeply ashamed of who I was. I am so sorry to each and every one of you, and I am grateful for your love and forgiveness.
My actions were criminal; they were also selfish, cruel, and cowardly. I stole from my parents the right to a full life. I took from my relatives the right to share a life with my parents. I stole from the neighbors the right to a peaceful and safe community. I have no excuse, no justification for what I did, there is nothing that can make it any less wrong.
The most egregious storyline in “Monsters” claimed brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were involved in an incestuous relationship. It simply wasn’t true.
There were two major developments in October last year: a Menendez and Andersen family news conference for relatives that want Lyle and Erik to be released immediately and the decision by L.A. County DA George Gascón to initiate a process to resentence the Menendez brothers.
The Case for Freeing the Menendez Brothers, According to Their Longtime Confidant Robert Rand
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is a guest post by Hazel Thornton, a juror in the first trial who voted for manslaughter, not murder. It’s been 30 years since I served as Juror #9 on Erik’s first jury. In that time I’ve
Netflix has set September 19 as the start date for the latest streaming installment of the true crime anthology series MONSTER, and the Menendez Brothers will be featured.
In July, the L.A. Times published two major stories about the Menendez Brothers that highlighted the new evidence and legal maneuvers that could finally set the boys free.
Earlier this week, I had no idea how Tuesday would go. For the past three years, my reporting partner Nery Ynclan and I have been in the middle of an intense investigation. We couldn’t tell anybody what we were doing
Lyle Menendez was arrested 32 years ago this month — March 8, 1990. Erik Menendez surrendered to the Beverly Hills Police three days later — March 11 – after flying from London to Miami and then L.A. . The next