The 'Monsters' producer talks about the recent string of developments, including Kim Kardashian's call for their release: "Episode five is basically a multimillion-dollar infomercial for the case to be re-examined.

Of course, the truth of the timing of all this is that it’s much more likely that Murphy (who recently asserted that his show was “the best thing that’s happened to the Menendez brothers in 30 years”) simply did the Ryan Murphy thing here and managed to glom on to a rising trend that was already picking up steam.

The Menendez brothers have been given a platform on Murphy's Netflix true-crime series, and they should be grateful. They've had the chance to be tried in the court of public opinion, before their case goes back to the real courts, and Murphy thinks it could possibly set them free: