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Trial deadlock

Thursday 27 January 1994 00:02 GMT
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Jurors deciding the fate of Lyle Menendez, one of two brothers accused of murdering their wealthy parents, told a judge twice on Tuesday that they were hopelessly deadlocked, Reuter reports from Los Angeles. But 12 days after a mistrial was declared in the trial of Erik Menendez, the judge ordered jurors to continue deliberating in hopes of breaking their impasse.

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