dollars. they were spending money like they were drunken sailors. now lyle and erik menendez face the death penalty, first-degree murder. greedy rich kids kill ozzie and harriet on a sunday night in beverly hills, and there s much more to the story than that. the courtroom at the l.a. superior courthouse in van nuys was actually a very tiny courtroom, and so there were a dozen media people that got to see the trial in the courtroom every day. writer dominic dunn appeared to hear opening statements. i m just a writer here covering this. i had just gotten out of school and started as a cub reporter at this legal newspaper. i got one of the seats in the courtroom. there were the lawyers and the brothers. my editors and i knew from the get-go that it was going to be captivating as [bleep]. okay, now opening statements by the prosecution. thank you, your honor, and good morning. the only time i ve ever thrown up during a trial was right before opening statement
him and said, oh my god, he did it. i just remember screaming. probably the scariest moment my entire life. it was physically painful. it was not justice. the murders took only minutes. all these years later, the shock has yet to fade. it was a stunning time. and american legal theater. you think you might know the story of the oj simpson case, but there s a lot you probably haven t heard and seen. did nicole brown simpson actually predicts her own death? what she said to us was that oj is going to kill me. and he s going to get away with it. what went on in the jury room? not guilty of the crime of murder. all the people wanted to do was go home. in a frank interview prosecutor marsha clark answers the most important question of all. how did you not convict this guy? june 12th, 1994. brentwood, california. two horrific murders that came to be defined by just three words. the oj case. everybody seen a dramatic scene in both victims had their throats/
Now almost 30 years later chilling new details. Evidence never broadcast before a letter, hinting at secrets too dark to imagine. This is so outside of the norm something is going on in that house. Did they kill in cold blood or in crippling fear . Oh man it was gutwrenching. I wanted to bust the door down. They spoke the truth about what had happened. Tonight, hear from the brothers themselves. People were afraid of him. Lets go through this bit by bit. There was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. Silence destroyed our whole family. Im lester holt and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with unthinkable the menendez murders. Reporter here it was the shining symbol of their success. Here, finally, an address worthy of their long struggle their amazing rise. Beverly hills, california. Beverly hills emergency. Reporter careful what you wish for. Someone killed my parents reporter 28 years later its still the case that has the power to shock. Its Beverly Hills. Its the movie
General says thats not his favorite nickname. He doesnt rebuff the president elect too much on that. Hes been selected as the next secretary of defense. That wasnt the only issue president elect trump talked about tonight. Lets watch some of it. All right. Were going to get to that in a moment. It was really so much of a discussion today was about deals and the art of the deal, shall we say. He started this morning at trump tower and he carried those make America Great themes on the economic front to fayetteville tonight in moments were going to get reaction from trumps Transition Team member. First lets go to our National Correspondent john roberts traveling with the president elect today in fayetteville, North Carolina, with reaction from the room there. Good evening to you. c martha, good evening to you. The message is finally complete. Thats the which he started off last week in cincinnati. And then all of a sudden cut on to a tangent that was almost like festivus with the grievan
General says thats not his favorite nickname. He doesnt rebuff the president elect too much on that. Hes been selected as the next secretary of defense. That wasnt the only issue president elect trump talked about tonight. Lets watch some of it. All right. Were going to get to that in a moment. It was really so much of a discussion today was about deals and the art of the deal, shall we say. He started this morning at trump tower and he carried those make America Great themes on the economic front to fayetteville tonight in moments were going to get reaction from trumps Transition Team member. First lets go to our National Correspondent john roberts traveling with the president elect today in fayetteville, North Carolina, with reaction from the room there. Good evening to you. c martha, good evening to you. The message is finally complete. Thats the which he started off last week in cincinnati. And then all of a sudden cut on to a tangent that was almost like festivus with the grievan