Ryan Murphy thinks “Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story” is the best thing to happen for years to the brothers who are serving life sentences for killing their parents. Legal experts told Business Insider the show could indeed help their case — but only if it helps to unearth compelling evidence.
Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez killed José Menendez and Kitty Menendez in their family home in 1989. While the prosecution argued they murdered their parents for money, the brothers and other family members said it was an act of self-defense after the pair suffered years of abuse at the hands of their father and mother. They were convicted of murder in 1996, and multiple attempts to appeal their case have been unsuccessful.
Murphy’s latest iteration of his true crime anthology series “Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story” turned the spotlight on the brothers once again when it was released on Netflix in September.
After “Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” …