S9E8: The Menendez Bros. w/ Patrick Hinds
Truth & Justice with Bob Ruff
Bob Ruff
4.6 • 7.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 November 2020
⏱️ 52 minutes
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Summary
Bob is joined by one of the hosts of the True Crime Obsessed podcast, Patrick Hinds. We get to know Patrick, and dig into the complex case of the Menendez brothers. Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents. The conversation quickly shifts into a deep discussion about our prison system, and criminal justice reform.
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| 0:00.0 | From NBI Studios, this is Truth and Justice, a crowdsourced investigation in real time. |
| 0:15.9 | I'm Bob Run. |
| 0:30.0 | Jurors across America are tasked with sealing the fate of the accused every day. |
| 0:38.4 | They sit for days and listen to evidence presented by prosecutors and defense attorneys, |
| 0:43.1 | trying to decide if the person sitting at the defense table committed a crime, or if |
| 0:47.4 | they've been falsely accused. |
| 0:50.0 | That task is difficult enough, but on rare occasions things get even more complicated. |
| 0:57.0 | One of the defendant fully admits to committing the crime, but claims that their actions were justified. |
| 1:04.1 | There's no question that on the evening of August 20, 1989, Lyle and Eric Menendez fire |
| 1:10.3 | 12 gauge shotguns at their parents, Jose and Kitty, taking both of their lives. |
| 1:16.2 | They are murderers, plain and simple. |
| 1:19.6 | But is it really that simple? |
| 1:21.8 | A deep dive into this case sparks some interesting discussions about our justice system, and more |
| 1:26.3 | importantly, our prison system. |
| 1:29.4 | This is a story about abuse, murder, and even rehabilitation. |
| 1:35.1 | Here to help me break it all down is one of the hosts of the amazing podcast True Crime |
| 1:38.9 | Obsessed, Patrick Hines. |
| 1:42.5 | This is season 9 episode 8, the case of the Menendez Brothers. |
| 1:55.4 | Patrick, we just got on the phone with you. |
| 1:57.6 | We just, we did about 30 seconds of pre-interview. |
| 2:00.6 | We discussed the fact that we have never actually had a conversation together, and I am more |
| 2:06.8 | excited than you can imagine to have this chat. |
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