Menendez Vs Terhune Research Paper

The pre- killing was well planned out. “Erik and Lyle armed themselves with weapons on August 18, 1989, so that way two days later, they would kill their parents” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). “On that day, Lyle and Erik, who were the ages of twenty one and eighteen, tried to purchase guns at several different stores without getting caught” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The first store they stopped at was in Los Angeles Menendez v. Terhune, (2005). They soon learned shortly after that handguns could not be purchased. They then headed to the second store location in San Diego, where they asked the brothers for their identification Menendez v. Terhune (2005). They knew that if they handed the clerk their identification it could hurt them in the long
run if they wanted to get away with the murders. “They soon left the second store and went to the third and last stop. There they were able to buybrought two shotguns using fake drivers licenses and ID’s and provided false addresses” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). “The Menendez brothers did not know how to properly fire weapons, so they decided to practice shooting their guns” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). “They went to a shootingrange but were told to leave because the shooting range did not allow shot guns” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The planning didn’t take very long or much effort for Erik and Lyle to plan. “The day before the murders, Erik, Lyle and their parents went on a fishing trip they had planned” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). “Erik and Lyle made sure to leave their new shotguns at home because they were too large to conceal” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The next morning was August 20, which was the day the murder was planned to happen. It did. “Perry Berman talked about getting together that evening and Berman told the brothers they could meet at the “Taste of L, A,” food festival after Erik and Lyle watched the movie “Batman” Menendez v. Terhune (2005). The brothers told Berman that the movie would end at 9:00 or 9:30 that night.