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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Prosecutors will announce Thursday whether or not they recommend a new sentence. Erik and Lyle Menendez for the murders of his parents in 1989 in Beverly Hills.

The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón scheduled a press conference at 1:30 p.m. to discuss his office’s decision.

If prosecutors recommend a new sentence, they would need court approval.

Lyle Menendezthen 21, and Erik Menéndez, then 18, admitted that they shot and killed their entertainment executive father, José Menéndez, and their mother, Kitty Menéndez. The brothers said they feared their parents were about to kill them to prevent people from finding out that Jose Menendez had sexually abused Erik Menendez for years.

The extended family of brothers has requested his releasesaying they deserve to be free after decades behind bars. Several family members have said that in today’s world, which is more aware of the impact of sexual abuse, the brothers would not have been convicted of first-degree murder or sentenced to life in prison.

The Menendez brothers were tried twice for the murders of their parents, and the first trial ended with a hung jury.

Prosecutors at the time maintained that there was no evidence of sexual abuse and many details in his sexual abuse story were not allowed at the second trial. Prosecutors also said then that the brothers were seeking their parents’ multimillion-dollar estate.