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Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez leave the courtroom in Santa Monica, Calif., Aug. 6, 1990, after a judge ruled that conversations between the two brothers and their psychologist after their parents were slain are not privileged and can be used as evidence in their murder case.

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January 6, 2017

Why Lyle and Erik Menendez Say They Killed Their Parents

The brothers shot and killed their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, at the family's Beverly Hills home in August 1989.

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