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Oct 2024
27m 12s

Reconsidering the Menendez brothers

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A new documentary and a Ryan Murphy drama have Lyle and Erik Menendez back in the news. Vox's Aja Romano explains how new evidence and new attitudes about abuse survivors might help free the brothers.

This episode was produced by Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King.

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A1992 photo of Erik and Lyle Menendez during a court appearance in Los Angeles. Photo by MIKE NELSON/AFP via Getty Images.

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