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A judge rejected petitions by Erik and Lyle Menendez to overturn their convictions.

The judge ruled that evidence the brothers were sexually abused by their father wouldn’t have prevented them from being found guilty of killing their parents.

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 outcome of the trial that has put them in prison for more than 35 years for gunning down their parents.

The ruling, handed down by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan on Monday, is the latest blow to the brothers’ bid for release. Both we

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