"LOS ANGELES -- 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 who have served decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989 at their Beverly Hills mansion. The ruling Monday by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan comes just weeks after the brothers were denied parole."
"The judge wrote that the new evidence that "slightly corroborates" the allegations that the brothers were sexually abused does not negate the fact that the pair acted with "premeditation and deliberation" when they carried out the killings. "The evidence alleged here is not so compelling that it would have produced a reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror or supportive of an imperfect self-defense instruction," the judge wrote."
A California judge rejected a request for a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, eliminating another avenue for release after decades in prison for killing their parents in 1989. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan denied a May 2023 petition that sought review of their convictions based on new evidence of alleged sexual abuse by their father. The judge found the new evidence only slightly corroborates abuse claims and does not negate findings of premeditation and deliberation. A parole panel recently denied Lyle a three-year delay and denied Erik parole due to prison misconduct and risk concerns. The brothers were sentenced to life in 1996.
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