Menendez Brothers’ Family to Rally Outside L.A. Courthouse, Call for Release Based on New Evidence

The Menendez brothers, Erik and Lyle, could face a significant turning point in their decades-long case as their family and supporters rally outside a Los Angeles courthouse today, calling for their release. The brothers, who have been imprisoned for nearly 35 years after being convicted of murdering their parents in 1996, maintain that they acted in self-defense after enduring years of sexual abuse by their father.

The extended family of Erik, now 53, and Lyle, 56, is being joined by high-profile supporters, including celebrity advocate Rosie O. . .