Who are the Menendez brothers and why are there calls for them to be released from prison?
The case of the Menendez brothers has been launched into the spotlight again after a Netflix series depicted the events of their crimes.
Lyle and Erik Menendez were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996 for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.
But now, almost three decades later, there is a chance the brothers could be released.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said on Thursday that he will recommend that a judge resentence Lyle and Erik Menendez.
"I believe under the law resentencing is appropriate and I am going to recommend that to a court tomorrow,” Gascón said.
Kim Kardashian has been leading calls for their release, claiming if this trial been held today the outcome would have been "dramatically different."
Who are the Menendez brothers?
Lyle and Erik Menendez fatally shot their parents in their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
The brothers initially told police they found their parents dead, but later admitted to their crimes, stating they acted in self defence after enduring a lifetime of abuse by their father.
They have always clamed their violent actions were rooted in a lifetime of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of their parents.
However, prosecutors argued there was no evidence of any abuse and the young brothers had killed their parents to inherit the family fortune.
In the first trial, the defence largely focused on the alleged abuse of the brothers. However, it resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury.
In the second trial, evidence about abuse allegations were largely withheld.
The brothers were found guilty and sentenced to life without parole in 1996.
Could the brothers be freed?
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said the brothers should be “eligible for parole immediately.”
A judge will ultimately decide whether to resentence the brothers.
Who is calling for their release?
US reality star and entrepreneur Kim Kardashian has called for the Menendez brothers to be released.
Kardashian, who is training to be a lawyer, visited the brothers in prison and argued that while the killings are not excusable, "they're not monsters".
"I have spent time with Lyle and Erik; they are not monsters. They are kind, intelligent, and honest men," Kardashian wrote in a personal essay for NBC News.
"The trial and punishment these brothers received were more befitting a serial killer than two individuals who endured years of sexual abuse by the very people they loved and trusted," she continued.
Kardashian criticises the way the trials were handled at the time, stating that the first trial became "entertainment for the nation".
She wrote: "The media turned the brothers into monsters and sensationalized eye candy — two arrogant, rich kids from Beverly Hills who killed their parents out of greed. There was no room for empathy, let alone sympathy."
She said the criminal justice system were "eager to punish them without considering the context or understanding the "why"", and that at the time of the trials, there were limited resources for victims of sexual abuse, particularly for boys.
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Kardashian says she believes the brothers were denied a fair second trial. As evidence about the abuse was excluded in this trial, she says this undermined the fairness of their conviction.
In her essay, she also says 24 family members have released statements calling for the brothers to be released - including their parents' siblings.
She is now calling for their life sentences to be reconsidered.
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