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Lyle and Eric Menendez will not be getting out of jail.

Lawyers were the brothers convicted of killing both parents, Jose and Kitty,

filed a petition with the court signing two new pieces of evidence.

They claim the evidence supports claims of sex abuse.

LA Superior Court Judge William Ryan rejected the motion saying the new evidence was not compelling

enough to produce a reasonable doubt in the mind of at least one juror. Lyle and Eric Menendez will be eligible to apply for parole again

in three short years. I'm Sidney Sumner. That's right, the Menendez brothers will not be

getting another trial. It's the conclusion of a two-year legal process reviewing a habeas corpus

petition filed by the brothers' attorneys, Cliff Gardner and Mark Garagos.

The petition argued that two new pieces of evidence support the brothers' claim that their

father, Jose Menendez, sexually abused them for years. The evidence included a late 1988

or early 1989 letter written by Eric Menendez to his cousin Andy Kano, vaguely describing the abuse.

The attorneys also mentioned allegations from Roy Rosello, a former member of the boy band Menudo,

that Jose Menendez molested him as a teenager. The attorneys claimed this proved that

Jose Menendez was a violent, brutal man that was still abusing his children just months

before his death. Prosecutors argued the new evidence is not new, but a 35-year-old letter

that Andy Conno never mentioned, despite testifying in both trials. Prosecutors said in a habeas

motion, new evidence must be submitted in a timely manner, typically within five years for the motion to stand.

They also claim the letter likely would not have swayed a jury to provide a different outcome,

and ultimately, Judge William Ryan agreed.

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