Lyle Menendez
Convicted 1st-degree murder of parents (1996); resentencing petition pending
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Joseph Lyle Menendez and Erik Galen Menendez, commonly referred to as the Menendez brothers, are American brothers convicted of killing their parents, José and Mary Louise "Kitty" Menendez, in their Beverly Hills home in 1989..
Sources: Wikipedia: Lyle and Erik Menendez
Legal History
Nov 2024
Resentencing ordered under California youthful offender law
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Ryan granted a resentencing hearing under California's youthful offender provisions (AB 2942). Lyle was 21 at the time of the murders.
ABC NewsJul 1996
Sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
Judge Stanley Weisberg sentenced Lyle Menendez to life without parole.
ABC NewsMar 1996
Convicted on 2 counts of first-degree murder
Both Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of two counts of first-degree murder with special circumstances for the premeditated killing of their parents.
NewsweekJan 1994
First trial ends in hung jury (mistrial)
The first trial ended with a hung jury for Lyle on January 29, 1994. A retrial was ordered.
Washington PostMar 1990
Arrested for the murder of parents José and Kitty Menendez
Lyle Menendez was arrested in connection with the August 20, 1989 shotgun murders of his parents in their Beverly Hills home. He was 21 at the time of the murders.
Washington Post
