The highly anticipated hearing to aware of the convicted murderers Eric and Lyle Menendes started on Thursday before they were solved and delayed by a judge.
The hearing was scheduled to decide whether the brothers who serve as a life without the possibility of conditional release should receive a new sentence that could allow their freedom after they were in prison for three decades.
They were sentenced to the murder of their parents in 1989 at the Beverly Hills mansion, a case that continues to divide the nation.
The hearing was transferred from the beginning as lawyers for the brothers, fighting prosecutors who opposed their release. In the end, the judge delayed the hearing until May 9 to weigh the demands made by both sides.
The controversial hearing, which led to swarms of the media, gave a little developed.
The brothers' lawyer Mark Geragos said he would seek a refusal from the District Prosecutor's Office of Los Angeles County of the case and prosecutors asked the court to re -examine a new report on whether the brothers could pose a danger to society if they were released.
The judge is ready to consider these requests at the date of hearing in May.
The resentment offer is one of the three Paths that the brothers' lawyers pursue potentially to provide future release.
Thursday's development blurred the time line for any potential solution for the fate of the brothers.
The hearing on Thursday had to focus on one subject: if the Menendes brothers were resentful to less punishment.
The day had to include the testimony of witnesses involved in the case and members of their family. There was even the opportunity for the brothers to take the position and plead their case.
G -n Geragos also asked Judge Michael Jesic of the Los Angeles Supreme Court to reduce his sentence to murder, which can pave the way to a faster release.
Judge Jesic will eventually decide whether to issue a new sentence or reject their request. He could also issue a different sentence that would make them eligible for conditional release.
Several members of the Menendes family who support their release have traveled to Los Angeles to testify.
The brothers themselves appeared in court via a video show from a San Diego prison, wearing identical blue prison uniforms of Kobalto.
But the hearing was derailly for development in another offer that they are chasing for freedom: a pardon from California Gov Gavin Newsom.
NEWSOM ordered the Council for the conditional release of the state to examine the case and this panel has completed a risk assessment report this week. The report looks at whether the brothers would be a risk to society if they were released.
Prosecutors said in the court documents that they wanted to review the report before moving forward with resentment efforts.
G -n Geragos claims that he has not yet been able to examine the report.
Late afternoon, Judge Michael Jesich agreed to suspend the proceedings until May 9 to give the court and lawyers to review the risk assessment.
This hearing will look at which parts of the report, if any, will be eligible during the hearing of resentment.
The court will also consider a suggestion that G -n -Geragos intends to submit a submission to annul the District Prosecutor's Office of the case.
G -n Geragos and a lawyer representing the family members in Menendes, Brian Friedman, accused Los Angeles County District Prosecutor of Nathan Hochman in bias and violating family rights.
“This is DA, which decides and does not intensify in its position,” said G -n Geragos after hearing. He also accused several members of the prosecution of a conflict of interest.
Hochman, chosen on a criminal crime platform, fiercely opposed the brothers' grant. His predecessor initiated the process of anger, and Hochman unsuccessfully tried to stop him from continuing.
At a press conference before the hearing, Hochman insisted that “the facts were not favorable to the Menendes brothers.
“If you do not have the law or the facts, get the prosecutor and that was the defense strategy,” he said.
In court, prosecutor Habib Balian said the Menendes brothers had committed “extremely depraved behavior” in the murders of Jose and Kitty Mendes.
The question of the angry is based on two factors, he said: whether the brothers were rehabilitated by committing their crimes and whether they still pose a risk of violence.
To resolve the question of the resentment, “we cannot close our eyes to the events that happened three decades ago,” Balian told the court.
The Menendes brothers have spent more than 30 years in prison for killing their parents with a series of rifle blasts.
Last year, the case received renewed attention after Netflix drama and a documentary on their case.