Convictions in Menendez family murders in jeopardy after new letter, abuse claim bolster brothers' defense
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Erik and Lyle Menendez, convicted of murder in their parents' 1989 deaths, hope that an unearthed letter and a statement from a new abuse victim could get their sentences vacated.
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While prosecutors argue the brothers carried out the killings for access to their family's sizable fortune, the brothers claim that they did so out of fear after a lifetime of physical, sexual and emotional abuse.
"48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales spoke to elder brother Lyle Menendez about the new evidence currently under consideration in "The Menendez Brothers' Fight for Freedom," which is now streaming on Paramount+.
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