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As infamous killer brothers Erik and Lyle Mendendez wait for their August parole hearing, they have scored a legal victory on another front, this time in the form of new evidence they say could have led to their acquittal.
The pair, who admitted to killing their parents, Mary “Kitty” and Jose Menendez, in a bloody 1989 shotgun massacre inside their Beverly Hills home, claimed for years that their actions were self-defense stemming from a lifetime of physical and sexual abuse.
A July 8 court order obtained by Fox News Digital will force the state to explain why evidence to that effect was barred from their trial.
Erik Menendez, left, and is brother Lyle, in front of their Beverly Hills home. They are prime suspects in their parents murder. (Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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