It's not always easy to understand why some true-crime stories grab the public eye and dominate headlines, but the saga of the Menendez brothers was a no-brainer. A pair of handsome siblings perennially dressed in matching pastel sweaters who ruthlessly killed their rich parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, then spent the months after the murders blowing thousands of dollars on luxury cars and vacations? A Hollywood screenwriter couldn't have made them up.
It's been nearly 30 years since the brothers shot Jose and Kitty Menendez to death, and twenty since they were sentenced to life in prison. But the interest in their case hasn't ceased with the passage of time: 2017 brought not one or two, but three television specials about the pair, including Lifetime's Menendez: Blood Brothers and NBC's Law & Order: The Menendez Murders.
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