Watch a special '20/20' report on the Menendez brothers tonight on ABC at 9 p.m. ET
Watch a special"20/20" report on the Menendez brothers tonight on ABC at 9 p.m. ETMenendez brothers case: How would resentencing happen?
The brothers were sentenced to life in prison after being convicted at their second retrial, following mistrials in the first trial. The first trial ended in a mistrial on Jan. 13, 1994, due to a deadlocked jury. After a second trial, the brothers were found guilty of first-degree murder in 1996 and received two consecutive life prison terms without the possibility of parole.A fresh legal filing has been submitted with even more distressing details of Jose Menendez's alleged abuse.
The Menendez brothers have seemingly gone from public enemies to victims as a powerful movement builds online to set the brothers free. In the '90s, Dr. William Vicary, a former psychiatrist, was a key witness for the defense in the case after defense attorney Leslie Abramson hired him to evaluate Erik Menendez. Vicary later received probation of his medical license for admitting to altering notes from those meetings.
"The parents were sitting in the den watching TV," Abrahamson told "Impact X Nightline." "Did they have any weapons? No."
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