LOS ANGELES – THE Menéndez brothersThe case reaches an important milestone on Monday.

That’s when lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez will ask a judge to reconsider the convictions of the brothers, who are serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in Beverly Hills.

The Menendez brothers are expected to attend the hearing virtually from San Diego where they are incarcerated.

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The highly anticipated court hearing will allow limited public participation, with only 16 courtroom seats available via random drawing. The lottery will be held in front of the Van Nuys courthouse Monday morning.

Monday’s hearing is expected to confirm details of the resentencing hearing scheduled for December 11.

This comes after California Governor Gavin Newsom refused to grant the brothers clemency, which was seen as a path to the couple’s freedom. Newsom deferred consideration of the case to newly elected prosecutor Nathan Hochman, who is sworn in on December 2.

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Defense attorney Mark Geragos said he would ask the judge at the hearing to re-sentence the Menendez brothers on the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter, a crime for which they have already served three times the maximum sentence.

The final decision would go to the parole board for approval.

The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 of the murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty, and sentenced to serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Erik and Lyle – who were 18 and 21 at the time of the murders – claimed they acted in self-defense after suffering years of physical and sexual abuse at the hands of their father. However, this defense was not allowed to be used during their second trial.

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Gascón announced in October his recommendation that the brothers be re-sentenced after an investigation into new evidence presented to the prosecutor’s office – allegations that their father also molested Roy Rossello, a former member of the boy band Menudo, in the 1990s. 1980, and a letter from Erik Menendez. wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, which surfaced in 2015, years after Cano’s death – was featured.

Their names returned to the spotlight last year thanks to the release of Netflix’s “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

The debates are expected to begin at 10:30 a.m.

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