Talking Dateline: The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom

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🗓️ 13 November 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

Keith Morrison and Andrea Canning sit down to talk about Keith’s episode, “Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom.” Thirty-five years ago, Jose and Kitty Menendez were gunned down in the den of their Beverly Hills home. Their sons, Lyle and Erik, were charged with their murders. A media frenzy surrounded the trial which was televised and captured the nation’s attention. Following each of their juries being unable to come to an agreement, the brothers were convicted in a second trial and sentenced to life in prison without parole. The case is back in the news and capturing the attention of a new audience on social media. And now, the outgoing Los Angeles County D.A. has recommended the brothers be resentenced, which – if a judge agrees – would immediately make them eligible for parole. Keith and Andrea discuss public opinion surrounding the case and details that could be considered in a possible resentencing. Plus, they answer viewer and listener questions about the episode. Listen to the full episode of "The Menendez Brothers: Chance at Freedom" here: https://link.chtbl.com/dl_menendezbrothers

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. This is Andrea Canning, and I'm here with Keith Morrison, and we are talking
0:12.1	Dateline. Hello, Andrea. Good to see you and hear your voice. This episode is called the Menendez
0:19.0	Brothers Chance at Freedom. This story is one that has captured
0:23.0	headlines. It's about the 1989 murders of Kitty and Jose Menendez by their sons, Lyle, and
0:28.8	Eric. The couple was found shot to death in their Beverly Hills home, and what followed were
0:33.5	multiple trials, a media frenzy, and now a possible chance at redemption.
0:39.2	If you haven't listened to the show yet, it's the episode right below this one on the list of podcasts you just chose from.
0:44.9	So go there, listen to it.
0:46.6	Or if you want to watch it, you can stream it on Peacock and then come back here.
0:50.9	When you come back, he has an extra clip.
0:53.1	He's going to play for us. It's Lyle Menendez
0:56.0	confessing to his therapist. Later, we are going to answer some of your questions about the show
1:01.0	from social media. So stay tuned for that. Okay, let's do it. Let's talk Dateline. All right. First of all,
1:07.0	Keith, I want you to listen to the sound. Do you hear that? I hear it. Yes.
1:13.0	It's a lot of pages. You know why?
1:19.0	Because I've never taken so many notes while watching a dateline in my life.
1:20.0	Those are your notes.
1:23.7	Those are all my notes that I, these are all questions I have for you.
1:28.7	Well, this is a long running story. It's full of very strange things, so it's understandable.
1:40.9	It really is. And I'm embarrassed to say this as a mother. I found out after the fact that my 15-year-old and my 14-year-old had watched the Ryan Murphy monsters.
1:45.5	I'm not sure I would have let them watch it. Didn't realize that they found it on Netflix. Did they form an opinion based on watching it? Oh, it's amazing. All these teens
1:51.1	are talking about it and they absolutely think that the brothers need to get out based on
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