The hearing stems from a defence petition citing what the Menendez brothers' lawyers argue is new evidence.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is expected to announce his decision on Thursday on whether to recommend resentencing in the case of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of murdering their parents more than three decades ago.
The hearing stems from a defence petition citing what the Menendez brothers' lawyers argue is new evidence, as well as a recent California law on resentencing in which the court can take into consideration sentences in comparable cases. At their high-profile trials decades ago – one of the first cases to be televised – the brothers did not deny killing their parents, but argued they should not be convicted because they acted in self-defence after enduring a lifetime of abuse by their father.Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon.
The lawyers also said a letter Erik Menendez wrote to a cousin months before the killings alludes to the abuse he endured.
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