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Defense attorney Leslie Abramson was still going with her final pitch to Erik Menendez's jury. She focused on how she said he was mistreated growing up while living with his parents - Kitty and Jose.
Defense attorney Leslie Abramson was still going with her final pitch to Erik Menendez's jury. She focused on how she said he was mistreated growing up while living with his parents - Kitty and Jose.
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S1 "Put Yourself In Erik's Shoes"Leslie Abramson's closing argument was unrelelenting in her insults to the prosecutors. She even said that they were not half as bad as Jose and Kitty Menendez. She told jurors - the real tragedy in this story was that Kitty and Jose became parents.
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S1 "Erik's Jury Comes To A Deadlock"Both juries in the Menendez brothers' murder trial had been deliberating. But after three weeks, jurors in Erik's case were deadlocked. Prosecutors had been pushing for felony murder convictions for Erik and Lyle in the deaths of their parents.
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S1 "Mistrial Declared"Lyle Menendez's jury was deadlocked after five weeks of deliberations. Testimony in this case had lasted five months, as prosecutors fought for a first-degree murder conviction for the deaths of Jose and Kitty Menenedez.
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S1, EP418 "Malice Murder"The State tries to explain the legal concept of malice murder; during the closing arguments for Erik's jury, prosecutors contend that Erik and Lyle Menendez have committed the murder of their parents, Kitty and Jose.
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S1, EP414 "Spoiled, Vicious Brats"Lyle Menendez's defense team wraps up its closing argument; the State gets a chance for a rebuttal; the lead prosecutor berates Lyle and Erik Menendez and calls them spoiled, vicious brats.
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S1 "This Was Parental Warefare"Defense attorney Leslie Abramson compared Jose Menendez to a mad scientist trying to produce perfect sons. She said he and Kitty tormented Lyle and Erik their whole life.
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S1 "Blame The Parents"Erik Menendez's defense portrayed him as an abused and bullied child who lacked proper development. During closing arguments, his attorney claimed Kitty and Jose played a negative role in his growth over the years.