At An L.A. Courthouse, Menendez Brothers’ Netflix Series Spurs Rallying Cry

On top of the staircase near the entrance to the downtown Los Angeles courthouse where Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted nearly three decades ago of killing their parents in a salvo of shotgun blasts, a woman trumpeted a sign that read, “35 years time served. Let them out!”

Dianne Martin first learned about the case from Ryan Murphy’s polarizing nine-part series detailing — and dramatizing — the 1989 killings of José and Kitty Menendez. That piqued her interest, which led her to watch a Netflix documentary released earlier this month on the brothers. She said she prefers the documentary, though she credits the series for spotlighting the case.

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