The Menendez brothers have suffered a new setback in their move to be released from prison after three decades as a judge on Tuesday denied their habeas corpus petition to throw out their conviction and receive a new trial based on recently discovered evidence. Erik and Lyle Menendez's habeas corpus petition was submitted in 2023 to try to get another trial based on new evidence not originally presented in court. The petition presented two pieces of new evidence. One was allegations from a former member of the boy band Menudo, who revealed in the 2023 docuseries "Menendez + Menudo: Boys Betrayed" that he was raped by Jose Menendez. The second was a letter Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin eight months before the murders detailing his alleged abuse; the cousin testified about the alleged ab

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