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California judge denies Menendez brothers' petition for new trial in 1989 murders of their parents
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A California judge has rejected a request for a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, shutting down another possible path to freedom for the brothers.
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LOS ANGELES — A judge has rejected Erik and Lyle Menendez’s petition for a new trial, ruling that additional evidence that they suffered sexual abuse at their father’s hands would not have changed the
LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - Erik and Lyle Menendez, who last month were denied in their bids for parole after serving more than three decades in prison for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills, have now lost their bid for a new trial.
A Los Angeles judge has rejected a "last-ditch" legal challenge to Erik and Lyle Menendez’s murder convictions, ruling Monday the brothers have failed to show enough evidence that their murder convictions were unjust and they deserve a new trial
A California judge denied the Menendez brothers' request for a new trial in their 1989 parents' murder case, rejecting claims that new sexual abuse evidence would change the outcome.
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