Episode
Law & Order True Crime: Episode 2
Overview
Erik makes a shocking confession to his psychiatrist, Dr. Jerome Oziel, whose mistress, Judalon Smyth, gives the police a pivotal tip. Leslie makes a move to represent the Menendez brothers.
Details
- Series
- Law & Order True Crime
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2017-10-03
- Runtime
- 43 min
Episode context
Episode 2 is Episode 2 in The Menendez Murders of Law & Order True Crime. It aired on 2017-10-03. The runtime is 43 min.
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Episode 1
When Lyle and Erik Menendez become prime suspects in the murder of their parents Kitty and Jose, tenacious defense attorney Leslie Abramson to take an interest in their case.
Episode 3
Leslie Abramson and Jill Lansing struggle to understand the brothers' motives, and the DA puts Judalon Smyth on the stand as the trial gets underway, sending the media into a frenzy.
More episodes from this season
Episode 4
After Erik and Lyle confess, Leslie and Jill seek hard evidence to support the brothers' claims of abuse at the hands of their parents; Leslie tries to get Dr. Oziel's tapes thrown out of court.
Episode 5
Judge Weisberg allows the trial to be broadcast on TV; Dr. Oziel's credibility is challenged when he takes the stand; Leslie struggles to make her defense of the Lyle and Erik understood, as she and her husband more forward with their adoption plans.
Episode 6
The brothers testify about their years of abuse; Judge Weisberg agrees to unseal the tape of Lyle and Erik's confession to Dr. Oziel; after closing arguments, the jury begins deliberation; Leslie and her husband welcome their adopted son.
Episode 7
As Lyle and Erik's juries struggle to reach unanimous verdicts, the possibility of mistrial has Leslie hopeful for a deal with the DA's office.
Episode 8
After the first trial results in a hung jury, Barry Levin joins the defense; Judge Weisberg cracks down during the Menendez brothers' second trial. Season finale.