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Leslie AbramsonLeslie Hope Abramson (born October 6, 1943) is an American criminal defense attorney best known for her role in the legal defense of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
Leslie is now retired from law, though she is a published author and still does speaking engagements from time to time, inspiring young lawyers. Law & Order show-runner René Balcer told EW that Leslie did not participate in the show in any way, but that “she's having a nice life, a nice retirement.”Jun 13, 2018
The attorneys representing O.J. Simpson included F. Lee Bailey, Robert Blasier, Shawn Chapman Holley, Robert Shapiro, and Alan Dershowitz. Johnnie Cochran later became the defense team's lead attorney. The attorneys were known as the “Dream Team."Mar 25, 2022
Earl RogersWhen Franklin implicated Darrow in a scheme to bribe two jurors, Darrow himself became a defendant in two separate trials. In the first trial, he was defended by Earl Rogers, himself a legend, and the jury acquitted Darrow.
Richard J. Donovan Correctional FacilityLyle and Erik both now reside in the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego County, in a unit reserved for inmates who agree to participate in education and rehabilitation programs without creating disruptions.May 18, 2021
Rebecca Sneedm. 2003Anna Erikssonm. 1996–2001Lyle Menendez/WifeIn November 2003, Lyle married Rebecca Sneed at a ceremony in a visiting area of Mule Creek State Prison; they had known each other for around ten years before their engagement. On June 12, 1999, Erik married Tammi Ruth Saccoman at Folsom State Prison in a prison waiting room.
June 16, 1994Nicole Brown Simpson / Date of burial
The killers, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, were wealthy and intelligent teenagers whose sole motive for killing Franks was the desire to commit the “perfect crime.” Leopold, who graduated from the University of Chicago at age 18, spoke nine languages and had an IQ of 200, but purportedly had perverse sexual desires.
ChicagoNathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were teenagers living in a wealthy Chicago suburb when they were arrested for murder. Loeb had recently graduated, at 17 years old, from the University of Michigan, and planned to begin law school in the fall.
A week before the trial began on July 20, 1993 , however, the brothers admitted to the killings.
Judge James Albracht, however, ruled that the Menendez brothers had threatened Dr. Oziel's life, thus voiding any claim to confidentiality. After two years of grappling over the issue, the state Supreme Court ruled that only a tape of Dr. Oziel dictating his notes from the session would be admissible as evidence.
Oziel because he knew too much. "I can't believe you did this," Smyth swore she had heard Lyle tell Erik. "I can't believe you told him.
Unexpectedly, their sons Lyle and Eric allegedly burst through the door with 12-gauge shotguns, killing their parents.
Prosecutor Bozanich depicted the brothers as "vicious, spoiled brats" who had killed their parents out of greed and then lied repeatedly to cover their tracks. When they were caught, Bozanich continued, the pattern of lies grew into elaborate tales of abuse intended to gain sympathy. Even if the unproved allegations of abuse were true, however, the brothers should not go free.
Only one of the 24 jurors had voted for the least serious charge of involuntary manslaughter.
Judge Weisberg's final instructions to the twin juries ruled out acquittals. The judge declared that the facts did not support a plea of "perfect selfdefense," in which "a reasonable and honest belief that their own lives were in imminent danger" led the brothers to kill. The jurors had four options.