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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.
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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CA vs Menendez
S1 "Defense Lawyer Attacks State Witnesses"Erik Menendez's defense team ripped the State's witnesses during closing arguments. She claimed they lied and even committed perjury. Erik faced the death penalty if convicted of intentionally killing his Parrents-Kitty and Jose.
CA vs Menendez
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.
CA vs Menendez
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.
CA vs Menendez
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.
CA vs Menendez
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.
CA vs Menendez
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.
CA vs Menendez
S1 "Last Pitch For Erik's Innocence"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.
CA vs Menendez
S1 "Leslie Abramson Speaks"Leslie Abramson, Erik Menendez's lead attorney, was well-known at the time of the Menendez brothers' murder trial; She began her closing argument and kept going for an entire day.
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