Being an armchair detective has turned into an American obsession, fueled by an abundance of true-crime content in podcasts and television series. But some of those projects have sparked actual legal developments.

Kim Kardashian, who has successfully advocated for criminal justice reform, writes an essay calling for the Menendez brothers' life sentences to be reconsidered.

Renewed interest in the case has skyrocketed—from a Netflix series all the way to the Los Angeles District Attorney's office.

The brothers shot Jose and Kitty Menendez at their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989, in what prosecutors said was a plot to inherit their father's fortune. On Thursday, LA County district attorney George Gascon said there was "a moral and an ethical obligation" to review evidence submitted by the brothers last year,

The Menendez brothers have fought a decades-long battle for freedom after being convicted in 1996 in the murders of their parents at their Beverly Hills home.

The brothers have said they killed their parents out of self-defense after enduring a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse from them.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said his office is actively reviewing the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in Beverly Hills in 1989, in light of renewed allegations of sexual abuse by their father,

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