The long -awaited hearing of the Menendes brothers to start starting

Hearing a long -awaited resentment on Tuesday is intended to determine whether two brothers who killed their wealthy parents at their Beverly Hills mansion can be released from prison in three decades.

After months of delay, the judge will begin to listen to two days of arguments for both the proposal of Eric and Lyle Mendes to receive a fewer sentence – which can eventually lead to their release.

Prosecutors claim that the brothers thoroughly planned the killings in 1989 to have access to their parents’ wealth, have not yet taken accountability and should not be released. The brothers said they had acted since self -defense after years of abuse.

The notorious case that caused books, documentaries and dramas still divides America.

During the two-day hearing, it will not be aired or transmitted, the judge is expected to examine evidence, to listen to testimony of witnesses, and ultimately determine whether the brothers who have been sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of conditional release should receive a lower sentence.

It’s It is expected to include indications of a variety From people, including members of the Menendes family and potentially those who participate in the original case.

Eric and Lyle could even take the position, although such a move would open them for questioning from prosecutors who opposed their release. The BBC asked if they would testify or who else could be summoned to testify.

In the episode of his podcast, their lawyer Mark Geragos said he had not decided to call them on the podium.

“At the moment I know I will put the members of the family family,” said G -n Geragos. “I know that I will currently put corrective staff at the stand. I know that I can currently put behavioral scientists on the podium.”

The District Prosecutor’s Office did not say who she plans to call to testify.

The hearing will not be re -tracking and the brothers’ fault will not be called into question.

Instead, much of the focus is likely to be on what they have done in their 30 years in prison and whether they have been rehabilitated.

During their trials, prosecutors painted them as a right and eager to gain access to their parents’ wealth for $ 14 million ($ 10.7 million).

They claimed that the duo methodically planned the killings by buying rifles and opening fire to their parents 13 times while the couple watched TV – before going to gambling, parties and shopping.

The brothers eventually admitted to the killings, but claimed that they had acted from self -defense after years of emotional, physical and sexual abuse of their father Jose, executive director of the film and a sound label.

The brothers’ process in 1993 was one of the first cases of high -profile murder, which were shown live on television, engaging the audience in the United States and globally.

Their first trial ended in the impasse, but in 1996 the brothers were convicted of first -degree murder in re -examination. Many of their claims for sexual abuse have not been resolved as part of production.

The hearing comes after Netflix’s drama threw the case back into the spotlight, and support for the angry of them is more special than the previous Los Angeles District Prosecutor George Gaskon.

His replacement Nathan Hochman fiercely opposed the brothers’ efforts to be released and claimed that they did not “demonstrate real accountability” and instead clung to the Lyith of “lies” on the case.