Menendez Brothers' Family Plea For Their Release | 10 News FirstFamily members of Lyle and Erik Menendez have issued a public plea for the brothers to be freed, arguing the boys endured horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father and are not a threat to society.
The brothers were imprisoned for life for killing their wealthy parents Kitty and Jose Menendez in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
The niece of Jose Menendez said in front of a Los Angeles courthouse, " I am here to ask the district attorney's office to take into account the full picture, the truth that was hidden for so long.
“Lyle and Erik deserve a chance to heal, and our family deserves a chance to heal with them".