in you to shoot your mom and dad. young rich handsome in a case made for hollywood they were ready for the camera it was the first televised courtroom drama that captivated the united states it was a huge deal erik and lyle menendez convicted of murdering their own parents. i ran around and shot my mom! it wasn t real. it just wasn t real. they re sociopaths and pretty big ones. now almost 30 years late 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 i that house did they kill in cold blood or in crippling fear oh man it was gut-wrenching i wanted to bust the door down they spoke the truth abou what had happened. tonight, hear from the brother themselves people were afraid of him let s go through this bit b bit. there was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. silence destroyed our whole family here it was the shinin s
it just wasn t real. they re sociopaths and pretty big ones. 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 gut-wrenching. 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. let s go through this bit by bit. there was no way he was gonna let this secret get out. silence destroyed our whole family. 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. careful what you wish for. someone killed my parents! 28 years later it s still the case that has the power to shock. it s beverly hills. it s the movie bus
Theyre sociopaths and pretty big ones. 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. 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 business. Its kids killing their parents. Reporter what po
strange. ie prosecutor, first-degree murder, and they did it for th money. at the end of the prosecution case, i was like okay these these two brothers ar so guilty, it s not even funny but then, there was her ms. abramson for the defense thank you we had a joke investigator, myself, and my co -co-counsel, lester, the joke was you have a gun, you have two bullets you go in the courtroom. who do you shoot okay so, both the guys say they would shoot lyle and erik. and i my thing was i m goin to shoot leslie twice. i felt that the brothers wer evil but not as bad as she was abramson had a reputation for doing whatever it took you guys haven t been fai to these boys, and you re no fair to them now and she had an unusua strategy for defending the brothers a law known as imperfect self-defense that is to say, under all the circumstances, it wa reasonable to the person t think that they were acting in