[3] In 1986, California Governor George Deukmejian appointed Weisberg to the municipal court of Los Angeles County.
[9] The case ended with the acquittal of the officers charged with beating King,[10] prompting the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
[11] The trial gained national attention and Weisberg himself was parodied on Saturday Night Live, where he was portrayed by Phil Hartman.
[12] The Menendez brothers were convicted in the second trial and on July 2, 1996, Weisberg sentenced the two to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
[4] In the 2017 Law & Order True Crime depiction of the Menendez brothers trial, Weisberg was portrayed by Anthony Edwards.