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Unlimited data or pay by the gig. all on the most reliable nationwide network. with no line activation fees or term contracts... saving you up to $500 a year. and it's only available to comcast business internet customers. so boost your bottom line by switching today. comcast business: powering possibilities. >> reporter: in 2005, after years of failed appeals, the menendez brothers case went to federal court. it was their last chance. the court denied it, maintaining the state court made reasonable rulings in light of the facts and did not violate federal law. lyle menendez was 49 years old. ...

Ruled that the confession tape made by dr. oziel could not be presented as evidence. of course, the defense had already conceded that lyle and 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 courtroom. >> reporter: he allowed cam...

About abuse in the first place. >> in between the two trials, there were allegations that he was asking people to fabricate testimony. letters surfaced after the first trial in which lyle was alleged to have encouraged people to lie for the defense. >> so the defense decided they couldn't put him on the witness stand, so erik menendez had to carry the ball for both brothers. and he was a good witness, but he was not as strong as lyle menendez had been at the first trial. >> reporter: and that expert testimony about the impact of the alleged abuse on the brothers' state of mind? judge weisberg ...

>> reporter: those tumultuous deliberations carried on into the new year, and then -- a massive 6.7 earthquake shook southern california. the backdrop against which the juries would deliver a decision that shocked the world. coming up -- o.j. simpson? that explosive case is about to cast a shadow over this one. when "dateline" continues. when "dateline" continues. help prevent them with downy wrinkleguard. feel the difference with downy. oh, marco's pepperoni magnifico. classic and old world pepperoni® on one pizza—and a large is just $9.99

Showed adults engaging in sex acts in front of children. >> and we saw a few seconds of it, a few minutes. and we made excuses. a lot of us stood up and said, "we have to leave." we couldn't stand to see it, to watch it. >> reporter: but jose found this engaging. >> oh, hysterically funny. >> reporter: these stories of the menendez family had been buried for years, until the sons were charged with murder. and she signed on to defend them. veteran criminal defense attorney leslie abramson, known for her brash style in the courtroom, and with the press. >> you want that? that's what you get toda...