The Menendez brothers are being recommended for resentencing as their family pushes for an early release. Who are they? What to know about their case.

The Menendez brothers were tried twice, with the first trial resulting in a mistrial. In the second trial, with the evidence of sexual abuse at the hands of their father excluded, the brothers were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole.

The Menendez brothers who were jailed for murdering their parents 35 years ago should not be released, their uncle has said.

A district attorney will argue for the brothers' resentencing on Friday - but freedom is still a long way off.

In court papers released Friday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office is asking a judge to re-sentence Erik and Lyle Menendez to allow them to be eligible for parole in connection with the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion.

Los Angeles' DA says he has reached a decision on whether his office will seek a reduced sentence for Menendez brothers, convicted in parents' murders.

In July 1996, brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of the murders of their parents and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In 1996, the Menendez brothers were found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing their parents, Jose, a music executive, and Mary Louise, a former beauty queen who went by the name Kitty.

The siblings given life in prison in 1996 for killing their parents, one of whom was allegedly abusive, are expecting a decision on resentencing from George Gascón.

The brothers were convicted of killing their parents in a case that gained worldwide attention.