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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Law & Order: True Crime is the sixth addition to the Law & Order franchise. Different from the other Law & Order shows, this series is an anthology series, focusing on a different true crime story for each season, similar to American Crime Story.The first season focused on the Menendez Murders, and the investigation and trials that followed. In 1989, brothers Lyle, 21, and Erik Menendez, 18, murdered their wealthy parents José and Kitty Menendez in their Beverly Hills home. Edie Falco played their attorney, Leslie Abramson.
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Abusive Parents: José especially. He held a very tight leash on his sons, held them up to standards they could never reach, and sexually abused them. Kitty knew about the abuse and ignored it, and also abused Lyle sexually as a young child.
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Amoral Attorney: Judge Weisberg, during the second trial, would not allow much of the defense's testimony about abuse, which much of their defense was based on. District Attorney Gil Garcetti wouldn't allow for a plea bargain despite having confessions from both brothers, as well as a hung jury in the first trial. Because the Los Angeles District Attorney's office was embarrassed after a series of high-profile criminal trials that ended in acquittals (McMartin, Rodney King, and OJ Simpson), winning this trial was important to them, so they did whatever they could to ensure a conviction.
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The '80s: The murders happened in 1989.
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All Abusers Are Male: Averted. The show paints Kitty Menendez as an abusive parent as well as José's mother allegedly abusing him as a child.
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