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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Netflix has released a true crime drama and a documentary about the Menendez brothers' high-profile '90s trial.</li><li>But both projects leave out two new pieces of evidence that were made public in 2023.</li></ul>Netflix has released both a true crime drama and a documentary about brothers <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-where-are-lyle-and-erik-menendez-brothers-now-2024-9">Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez</a>, who killed their parents in 1989. But neither mentions new evidence that the pair are using to appeal their life sentences.The brothers were sentenced in 1996 for murdering <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-cast-real-life-netflix-2024-9">José Menendez and Kitty Menendez</a>, but decades later audiences are still obsessed with their story, motivating Hollywood and streamers to find new ways to tell it.The drama "<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-the-lyle-and-erik-menendez-story-gets-wrong-2024-9">Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story</a>" was an instant hit when Netflix released it in September, and has stayed at the top of its most-watched chart since.This was followed by the release of "The Menendez Brothers" on Monday, a new documentary about the trial, which features new interviews with the pair. A title card at the end of the documentary briefly mentions that the brothers filed a habeas corpus petition in May 2023 to vacate their murder convictions.Here's what to know about the petition.<h2 id="4a3b5c0f-69ea-4436-a5a8-9a87efb71de3">Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez's attorneys believe new evidence could prove their father abused them</h2><div type="image" title="A composite image of two smiling young men with dark hair wearing dark blue suits and red ties." height="900" width="1200" msid="114045516" hostid="261" sizebytes="34952"></div>The brothers admitted to killing their parents before their first trial, so the jury was tasked with understanding why.While the prosecution argued the pair wanted their parents' money, the brothers claimed that they acted in self-defense because their father physically and sexually abused them, enabled by their mother. They said they feared their father would eventually kill them.The brothers' first trial ended in 1994 with a hung jury. In the second trial, Judge Stanley M. Weisberg made several changes, including limiting testimonies related to the brothers' abuse claims, and removing the jury's option of voting on a manslaughter charge. The jury's had to decide whether the brothers were guilty or not guilty of murder, and chose the former.The brothers' appeal petition filed last year, which journalist Robert Rand, who has reported on their case since the '90s, shared on X, includes a letter<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-erik-menendez-emotional-meeting-actor-portraying-him-netflix-2024-9"> Erik Menendez</a> sent to his cousin Andy Cano a year before the murders. In the letter, he writes that he is avoiding his father and alludes to being afraid of him. The petition also includes a declaration from Roy Roselló, a former member of the boyband Menudo, who was signed to the record label where José Menendez was an executive. He claimed José Menendez drugged and raped him when he was a teenager, and made him perform sexual acts on two other occasions.The brothers' attorney hopes this will prove they were defending themselves against abuse to get the lesser charge of manslaughter.<h2 id="2487328d-54f6-47e2-ad34-765102239721">The creators of "Monsters" and "The Menendez Brothers" didn't want to get involved in the case</h2><div type="image" title="A man with short gray hair and stubble wearing a navy blue blazer with white piping. He's holding a microphone." height="4000" width="6000" msid="114045513" hostid="261" sizebytes="697346"></div>This new evidence was released partway through the production of "Monsters" and "The Menendez Brothers," which may explain why it wasn't included."The Menendez Brothers" producers Ross Dinerstein and Rebecca Evans told<a target="_blank" href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/the-menendez-brothers-netflix-documentary-case-updates-1236024856/"> The Hollywood Reporter</a> last week that they've been working on the documentary for four years and wrapped shooting in 2023.Evans said: "The habeas was filed in 2023, and so for us, when we were making the documentary, we felt like, we're not here to litigate a case. We're not here to present evidence, or new evidence in that way, alongside the attorneys. Our feeling was that this was a story that took place then, and this was all of our research on it.""Monsters" was also likely written before May 2023, even though the production was delayed due to the writers and actors strike in 2023."Monsters" co-creator<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/monsters-creator-ryan-murphy-angers-families-true-crime-2024-9"> Ryan Murphy</a> told<a target="_blank" href="https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/ryan-murphy-menendez-brothers-retrial-monsters-backlash-netflix-1236157104/"> Variety</a> last month: "I believe in justice, but I don't believe in being a part of that machine. That's not my job. My job as an artist was to tell a perspective in a particular story."He added that the series was "the best thing that has happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years" because it rekindled public interest in their case.George Gascón, Los Angeles County District Attorney, told a press conference on Thursday that his office was reviewing the case to resentece the brothers. Gascón said his department had received "a lot of calls" from people asking about the appeal after "Monsters" premiered.But Laurie L. Levenson, a professor of law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles, previously told<a target="_blank" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/netflix-monsters-help-menendez-brothers-case-legal-experts-2024-10"> Business Insider</a> that a true crime series must present solid evidence to make a difference in a courtroom."In terms of it being the best thing that ever happened, only if it leads to evidence to actually overturn the case, which I still think is a real upward battle," she said.

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<keyword id="20114810" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="West-Bengal-chief-minister" source="keywords">West Bengal Chief Minister</keyword> <keyword id="19909056" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mamata-Banerjee" source="keywords">Mamata Banerjee</keyword> has written another letter to <keyword id="19898052" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Prime-Minister-Narendra-Modi" source="keywords">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>, expressing concern over the lack of response to her previous communication regarding the rape and murder of a PG <keyword id="22760814" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="trainee-doctor" source="keywords">trainee doctor</keyword>. In her letter, dated August 30, Banerjee emphasised the gravity of the situation and urged for prompt central intervention, highlighting the inadequacy of the reply received from the Union Minister of <keyword id="20086338" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Women-and-Child-Development" source="keywords">Women and Child Development</keyword>. The letter reads, "No reply was received from your end on such a sensitive issue. However, a reply has been received from the Minister of Women and Child Development, Government of India (vide their No. 1/RESC/HMWCD/2024 dated 25th August 2024), which barely addresses the gravity of the issue raised in my letter. I am of the view that the seriousness of the subject and its relevance to society have not been adequately appreciated in this generic reply." The letter was posted on her social media handle, X. In response to Union Minister Annapurna Devi's allegations regarding the state government's failure to implement essential safety measures for women and children, including Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), CM Mamata stated that the state government has approved 10 exclusive POCSO FTSCs, while 88 FTSCs and 62 POCSO-designated Courts are functioning with complete state funding. The letter mentioned, "Moreover, I would also refer to some of the initiatives in this area that our State has already undertaken, which appear to have been overlooked in the reply. Regarding Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs), 10 exclusive POCSO Courts have been approved by the State Government. In addition to this, 88 FTSCs and 62 POCSO-designated Courts are functioning throughout the State with complete State funding. Monitoring and disposal of cases are entirely in the hands of the Courts." Highlighting the issue of appointing Presiding Officers in FTSCs, she further stated that this process requires examination and action from the Government of India, which, according to her, needs PM Modi's intervention. "As per Central Government guidelines, only retired Judicial Officers can be posted as Presiding Officers in FTSCs, but the Hon'ble High Court has observed that, in view of the severity of the cases, permanent Judicial Officers need to be appointed. This requires examination at the level of the Government of India and appropriate action thereafter, for which your intervention would be necessary. Moreover, Helpline Nos. 112 and 1098 are functioning satisfactorily in the State. Additionally, Dial 100 is also extensively used in emergency situations," the letter added. Urging for central <keyword id="20082569" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="legislation" source="keywords">legislation</keyword> and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes, the West Bengal CM expressed hope for very considered attention from PM Modi. Mamata Banerjee mentioned in her letter, "I would reiterate and earnestly request that a stringent Central legislation and exemplary punishment for heinous crimes of rape/rape and murder be considered, with a mandatory provision for the disposal of cases within a specific timeframe by the trial authorities. I hope this matter would receive very considered attention at your kind end in the interest of our society at large." On August 26, Union Women and Child Development Minister Annapurna Devi criticised the West Bengal government for its failure to implement essential safety measures for women and children in the state. In a letter written to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, the Union Minister stated that 123 Fast Track Special Courts (FTSCs) were allocated to the state, but none of them are functional yet. Earlier, on August 22, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging the central government to bring in central legislation and set up fast-track courts for "sensitive" issues to ensure a speedy trial. Mamata, in the letter, mentioned that such "sensitive" issues need to be addressed comprehensively through stringent central legislation prescribing exemplary punishment against the perpetrators of such heinous crimes. The Bengal Chief Minister suggested the setting up of "fast-track special courts" to deal with such cases, which require a speedy trial. This development comes after the trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.

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