crime; the murder of their parents. Obviously, we now know who committed it but at the time, Lyle and Erik Menendez were not suspected. Police arrived at the scene to find Jose and Kitty Menendez dead, Kitty with multiple gun shot wounds and also bruises from being beat. Eric and Lyle were the ones to ‘discover’ the bodies and call the police, and were the whole reason this situation was surfaced. The Menendez boys grew up in a rich household. The family lived a very luxurious lifestyle. Kitty and Jose
Is it possible to sympathize with two calculated killers, if they claimed abuse? The jurors of the Menendez brothers’ first trial thought so. The Menendez brothers came from a wealthy family who lived in Beverly Hills, but everything was not as posh as it seemed. Lyle and Erik Menendez seemed to have it all, but their family allegedly had a deep secret. This secret eventually came out on the day that they murdered their parents in cold blood. The brothers shot their parents in their own home
famously known for being great criminal defense lawyers. They are considered the best at what they do. Johnnie Cochron is most known for his defense in the O.J. Simpson murder trial. Ms. Abramson is most known for being the defense attorney for the Menendez brothers when they were on trial for the murder of their parents. According to Cornell University of Law, Criminal law involves prosecution by the government of a defendant for an act that has been classified as a crime. Civil cases, involve individuals
you might be able to ask the Mendez brother’s. Joseph Lyle Mendez or Lyle, was born on January 10, 1968 (Lyle, 2016). Erik Mendez was born on November 27, 1970 (Erik, 2016). They grew up under a wealthy roof. Most people described Lyle as aloof and witty (Lyle, 2016). Erik on
The infamous case of Lyle and Erik Menendez captured the nation’s attention during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Revolving around the brutal murder of their parents, José and Mary “Kitty” Menendez, within the den of their Beverly Hills mansion, shocked millions. Despite initially escaping suspicion, Lyle and Erik Menendez were later convicted of gunning down their father with six shotgun blasts and their mother with ten. Such brutality led the authorities to believe this was the result of a mob
The Menendez Brother’s case tells the complicated, tragic story of Erik, Lyle, Kitty, and José Menendez. Between the attention gained from the media and deadlocked juries, the case became a sporting event, tearing the country in half. Unlike a typical true crime case, the question was not who committed the crime but rather why was it committed. Was it for money or did the catastrophic home lives of Erik and Lyle justify the murders of Mary Louise “Kitty” and José Menendez? Unfortunately, this question
The Menendez Murders Childhood sexual abuse has been and continues to be a major issue in American society. Victims of such trauma can illustrate both short-term and long-term side effects, stemming from the damage endured during childhood. In severe cases, unresolved trauma of sexual abuse can have dire consequences. One of the most infamous and publicized case (cases) that illustrated these dire consequences was the Menendez murders of 1989. The Murders On August 20, 1989, 15 shotgun
The Menendez Brother murder trial was a unique and ad ling trial. The two brother grew up in wealth. The parents of the brothers were very wealthy and gave their children whatever they desired. The Menendez brothers grew up wealthy and had everything they could ever want. When the boys were primary suspects in their parents murder, it was a shock to all. On August 20, 1989 Jose and Kitty Menendez were at their Beverly Hills home when they were brutally murdered. According to Natalie Finn (2017 )
Lyle and Erik Menendez were just two young males who had their whole lives ahead of them. That soon came crashing down on August 20th, 1989, when they began taking out their rage against their parents that night. The brothers started their horrendous acts on their farther, Jose, who was known to be extremely tough on the young boys and allegedly performed sexual acts on them too. Soon after finishing off their farther, they begin to torture their mother, Marie Louise, mostly known by Kitty, who knew
night of the killings, after 10 p.m. on Aug. 20, 1989, Erik says that he and Lyle got into an argument with their parents at their Beverly Hills, California, home. The fight then escalated, he claims. “I was in the foyer, Lyle was coming out of the den and my mom was following him and saying, ‘You’re not going out,’ and Lyle said, ‘Why?’ And my mom said, ‘Because I said so,’ and then my dad came out and he told my mom to shut up. He looked at Lyle and said, ‘You’re not going out.’ He told me to go to
to classifying the killings as a mob hit. Time passed and each day Erik found it harder and harder to find a reason to live, and was very close to commiting suicide. He decided to find help, so he went to the family therapist Jerome Oziel.While speaking to Oziel, Erik confessed that him and Lyle killing their parents. Erik shared this information to
The Menendez Brothers Case Before their trial had started, it was clear that Lyle and Erik Menendez killed their parents. The question was, why did they kill their parents? It was assumed it was greed alone that had drove the brothers to shoot their parents (Latson, 2015). Defense attorneys countered that with an alternative motive, a lifetime of abuse (Latson, 2015). On August 20, 1989, the brothers shot their parents (Delpozo, 2017). Lyle Menendez called the police claiming the two had just arrived
Lyle and Erik Menendez were just two young boys who seemingly had their whole futures planned out due to their father, Jose. Jose worked hard to provide the extravagant lifestyle the family had lived, but that came with repercussions. Jose was said to never be easy on the boys, always beating them down, never up. This lit a fire under the boys to get their revenge, not only on their father, but on their mother, Kitty. The rage for their mother came from the idea that she knew about how hard Jose
story “Popular Mechanics”. To provide scientific evidence, many studies have been done to try to understand the effects of greed on a person. There are many modern day examples of tragedies that have occurred due to greed. One example of this is the Menendez brothers and how they murdered their parents for their fourteen million dollar estate. Greed is a mental illness that in unhealthy amounts can alter a person’s behavior and feelings. Raymond Carver’s “Popular Mechanics” is a prime example of how
Criminals in the United States often get an unfair prison sentence due to the current imperfect system. The laws and guidelines that are used to determine an offender 's sentence are greatly flawed. Some crimes are much more severe than others; therefore using the same rules and regulations for all crimes as if they are all the same is unfitting. A drug dealer, a murder, and a fraudster could receive the same amount of prison time which is clearly unfair and unreasonable. Changing the guidelines
When it comes to the usage of the death penalty in America, we all know Texas isn’t shy about sentencing criminals to death. A few years ago, in 2011, Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed by the Texas government for the murder of James Byrd Jr in 1998 (Barranco). Forensic evidence proved Byrd’s cause of death was due to decapitation when he hit a culvert in the road while being pulled from the back of Brewer’s pickup truck. Despite the evidence, in court Brewer still claimed to be an innocent bystander
What events contribute to make a person behave the way they do? How does the wealth, intelligence, atmosphere, psychological factors, and their social interactions affect the person? Behavior is defined as the observable activity in a human or animal. There are many factors that contribute to the way a person behaves. These contributions can vary from person to person; one person might have one of the factors that determines one persons behavior but the other person may not. A person that is of wealthy
reigning King of England, preparing to divide his kingdom. Lear has three daughters: Regan, Goneril, ... ... middle of paper ... ... 39-year old man from California, slaughtered his family in an attempt to receive a sizable inheritance. Lyle and Erik Menendez, also from California, ended the lives of their parents in pursuit of an upper-class lifestyle. These individuals valued money over familial ties; King Lear originally valued power and compliance over his own blood. The self-discovery of