erik killed their parents. nearly four years after the murders, july 1993. if convicted here, lyle and erik could face the death penalty. their judge was stanley weisberg. who had already presided over high profile cases, notably the rodney king beating case, whose result sparked the l.a. riots. judge weisberg ruled that each brother would have his own jury. and -- >> the electronic media that wants access to this court room. >> he allowed cameras in the courtroom. >> the idea that there was a camera in a courtroom in california was so new, so novel. >> reporter alan abrahamson, once an attorney himself, covered the trial for the la times. >> you weren't just playing to the jury. you were playing to all of america. >> the judge's decision turned a local l.a. story into an international sensation.