Following last month’s parole board rejections , the Menendez brothers’ second path to freedom after 30-plus years in prison for the double murder of their parents was dashed on Tuesday when a Los Angeles judge opted not to grant them a new trial based on new evidence that they claim backs up their long-held defense of years of physical abuse at the hands of their father.

On Monday, the habeas corpus petition filed by Erik and Lyle Menendez ’s attorneys in May was rejected by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan. In his decision, Judge Ryan wrote that he doesn’t believe that the evidence is all that compelling and would not negate the severity of the crimes. The brothers have admitted to storming their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, and gunning them down in the fami

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