
The Menendez Brothers(2024)
Serving life in prison for murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in this documentary explaining the shocking crime and ensuing trials.


After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.

Cyntoia D. Brown
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Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story is a documentary film released in 2020 exploring themes of true crime. Directed by Daniel H. Birman, it stars Cyntoia D. Brown. After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
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