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L.A. prosecutors set to announce if they favor resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez

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Prosecutors will announce Thursday whether or not they recommend resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez for the 1989 killings of their parents in Beverly Hills .

The brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

Lyle and Erik Menendez admitted they fatally shot their entertainment executive father, Jose Menendez , and their mother, Kitty Menendez .

Family members have said that in today ’s world, the brothers would not have been convicted.

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