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Lois Beckett in Los Angeles and agency

Judge sets Menendez brothers resentencing hearing for next week

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Lyle and Erik Menendez with their lawyer Leslie Abramson in court in Los Angeles in 1990. Photograph: Nick Ut/AP

After months of legal battles, Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents in 1989, will finally get a resentencing hearing in Los Angeles court next week, giving the brothers a new chance at freedom.

LA county superior court judge Michael Jesic ruled on Friday that the resentencing hearing can take place, starting next Tuesday.

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