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LYLE and Erik Menendez have spent more than half their lives in prison for the murder of their parents. They claimed they were being abused by their father - but they were found guilty and are serving life sentences. The brothers were housed in different prisons for many years, but are both are currently incarcerated at the Richard J.

Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego. Older brother Lyle and Erik did not see each other from until because they were in different prisons. She was almost disbarred when her own expert witness, Dr. William Vicary, confessed that he had altered his medical notes about the brothers at her request. After the trial, Abramson made appearances on ABC as a legal commentator, weighing in most memorably on the O. Simpson trial. She went on to defend Phil Spector in his own murder trial.

Erik's other defense attorney—brother Lyle chose only to use public defenders—took the lead toward the end of the trial, and is believed to have spared Erik the death penalty. Levin fatally shot himself a few years after the trial, in He was apparently suffering from a blood disorder that left him in excruciating pain. The triumphant prosecutor against the Menendez brothers started his own practice, focusing on criminal defense, a few years after the famous case.

Weisberg presided over. He also oversaw the trial that acquitted the police officers who beat Rodney King, leading to the L. Weisberg retired in His wife Jacqueline L. Weiss was also a Superior Court judge in California, and has also since retired. Vicary was the witness whom defense attorney Leslie Abramson apparently tampered with. The trial ended with both juries deadlocked, and an immediate retrial was ordered, this time with Lyle and Erik being tried together. More than 20 years later, on 4 April , Lyle was moved to the same housing unit as Erik at the Richard J Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, allowing them to reunite for the first time.

They burst into tears and hugged each other at their first meeting. Both brothers married in prison. Lyle and wife Anna Eriksson divorced after five years, but Erik and his wife Tammi Ruth Saccoman have stayed married since Log In. Contact us Sign up for newsletters. Log In Register now My account.