Menendez Brothers: Victims or Villains
Explores parents murder and claims of abuse. Courtroom drama, interviews shed light on events. Provokes debate: Were they victims or villains?
Cast:Pamela Bozanich , Hazel Thornton , Joshua Ritter , Robert J. Thompson , Rosie O'Donnell , Dahlia Schweitzer , Mark Geragos , John Kobylt , Judi Zamos , Corey Feldman , Cliff Gardner , Jack Ford , Scott Michaels , Andrew Wolfberg , Roger McCarthy , Alex Kozinski , Ann Burgess
S1.E1 ∙ Greedy Rich Kids
Looks at a horrific murder scene, with wealthy, innocent parents as the victims and their attractive sons as the culprits.
S1.E2 ∙ Crime Against Nature
After the prosecution rests, the defence launches its case: years of brutal torture leaves Lyle and Erik Menendez so terrified that they believe they have no alternative but to kill or be killed.
S1.E3 ∙ The Abuse Excuse
Judge Stanley Weisberg allows the jurors to hear a tape recording made by Erik's therapist, which was recorded five months after the parents' murder.
S1.E4 ∙ Rigged
In the brothers' retrial, a new prosecution tactic is backed by a judge who is more willing to rule in favour of the DA the second time around. The resulting verdict remains controversial to this day.
