Lyle and Erik Menendez face another setback in their quest for freedom as California legal institutions pump the brakes on their resentencing hearing following the election of new District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman.

A judge has delayed until January his decision on whether to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez for killing their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion 35 years ago.

A Los Angeles judge on Monday delayed the upcoming resentencing hearing of convicted killers Lyle and Erik Menendez, who are seeking their release from a California prison where they are serving life without parole for the shotgun murders of their parents in the family's opulent Beverly Hills home 35 years ago.

Family of Lyle and Erik Menendez told a judge Monday they want the men freed from the life sentences they are serving for the shotgun murders of their parents, as

A judge was asked if new evidence warrants another looks at the Menendez brothers' convictions for the 1989 murder of their parents.

A hearing for Erik and Lyle Menendez, brothers convicted of killing their parents more than three decades ago, was postponed Monday after technical issues with the brothers' virtual appearance. The family of the brothers are asking a judge to reduce their sentences of life without parole.