ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — It was 1996 when a California jury convicted Erik and Lyle Menendez of first-degree murder. They killed their parents, Jose and Kitty, in the family’s Beverly Hills mansion.
Ever since, they’ve served life sentences, and their case never really lost that national attention.
Especially after new evidence came up corroborating the brothers’ long-standing claims they were sexually abused by their father for years.“Things have change dramatically over the decades and they have many more supporters these days who do believe them,” said Hazel Thornton, a juror on Erik Menendez’s first trial…