Erik and Lyle Menendez still have paths to freedom. But the new district attorney is trying to roll back an effort by his predecessor to ease their punishment for killing their parents.

The top Los Angeles County prosecutor has asked a court to withdraw his predecessor’s request to resentence Erik and Lyle Menendez, brothers sentenced in 1996 to life in prison for killing their parents.

The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, the brothers who admitted to killing their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.

The brothers went on spending sprees, buying Rolex watches, cars and houses. Two months later, Erik Menendez told his psychologist, Jerome Oziel, that he and his brother killed their parents. They were eventually arrested and charged in their parents’ deaths.

By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) -Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Monday said Lyle and Erik Menendez must fully acknowledge lies they told about the shotgun murder of their parents 35 years ago before he would support their release from prison.

Will the Menendez brothers be paroled? Here is the latest update regarding the status of their possible release from prison. It's been over 30 years.

The new Los Angeles District Attorney, Nathan Hochman, has decided to withdraw the previous recommendation to reduce the life sentence of the Menendez brothers, Lyle and Erik.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman on Monday (March 10) said Lyle and Erik Menendez must fully acknowledge lies they told about the shotgun murder of their parents 35 years ago before he would support their release from prison.