The question for prosecutors reexamining the murder convictions of Lyle and Erik Menendez is not whether they killed their parents, but how culpable they really are.

The evidence prosecutors plan to consider includes a letter allegedly penned by Erik Menendez eight months before the murders and claims by another man that Jose Menendez sexually assaulted him in the 1980s.

A juror on the Menendez brothers’ trial said she believes that today’s world would have been more understanding about the complexity of the trauma suffered by sexual abuse victims.

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.

LA County District Attorney George Gascón is reviewing new evidence in Erik and Lyle Menendez's case and will decide if they should be resentenced and possibly released.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were convicted and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Los Angeles prosecutors said this week they are taking another look at the case.

Los Angeles prosecutors are revisiting the Menendez brothers' case as new evidence emerges, including a letter from Erik Menendez alleging sexual abuse by their father. The review considers how modern perspectives on abuse might change their sentencing.