Inside the story of the notorious Menendez brothers case
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48 Hours By Alicia Tejada Updated on: September 29, 2024 / 2:20 AM EDT / CBS News The Menendez Brothers’ Fight for Freedom The Menendez brothers were given life sentences for gunning down their own parents. Now they're hoping new evidence could reopen the case. "48 Hours" contributor Natalie Morales reports in an encore of"The Menendez Brothers' Fight for Freedom," now streaming on Paramount+.The question is not whether Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents. They admit that they did. Instead, the focus of the case has long been on why they did it. They say they killed out of fear and in self-defense after a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse suffered at the hands of their parents. Here's a look at the case.Aug. 20, 1989:Jose and Kitty Menendez are murdered On the evening of Sunday, Aug. 20, 1989, Jose and Kitty Menendez were shot multiple times at close range with a shotgun while in the family room of their Beverly Hills mansion. 911 call: "Someone killed my parents...