The families of the Menendez brothers reviewed the 1989 case as prosecutors pressed for their release

LOS ANGELES (AP) — His extended family Eric and Lyle Menendez Advocates will advocate for the brothers' release from prison during a news conference in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday as prosecutors review new evidence to determine whether they should serve life sentences for killing their parents.

Billed as a “powerful show of unity” by more than a dozen family members — including the brothers' aunts — who are traveling across the country to Los Angeles, the news conference comes less than two weeks after L.A. County District Attorney George Gascon announced his office is again looking into the brothers' case. .

Eric Menendez, now 53, and his 56-year-old brother, Lyle Menendezare currently in state prison without the possibility of parole after being convicted of murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion more than 35 years ago.

Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Eric Menendez, then 18, admitted they shot and killed their entertainment executive father, Jose Menendez, and their mother, Kitty Menendez, in 1989 but said they feared their parents had killed them. going to do Prevent disclosure of Eric's father's long-term sexual abuse.

Brian Friedman, the extended family's attorney, previously said they strongly support the brothers' release. Comedian Rosie O'Donnell Also plans to join family on Wednesday.

“He wants nothing more than to get them released,” Friedman said earlier this month of Joanne Vandermolen, Kitty Menendez's sister and the brothers' aunt.

Earlier this month, Gascon said there was no question the brothers committed the 1989 murders, but his office would review the new evidence and decide whether to issue an indictment in the infamous case that has drawn national attention.

Attorneys for the brothers said the family believed from the start they should have been charged with murder instead of murder. Manslaughter was not an option for the jury during the second trial that ultimately convicted the brothers of murder, attorney Mark Geragos previously said.

The case has gained new traction in recent weeks after Netflix began streaming the true-crime drama ” Monsters: The Lyle and Eric Menendez Story. “

The new evidence includes a letter written by Eric Menendez that his attorneys say supports allegations he was sexually abused by his father. The date of hearing was fixed on November 29.

Prosecutors then claimed there was no evidence of molestation. They said the boys were after their parents' multi-million dollar estate.

but the brothers They said they killed their parents in self-defense after enduring a lifetime of physical, mental and sexual abuse. Their attorneys argue that because of society's changing views on sexual abuse, the brothers were not convicted of first-degree murder and are today sentenced to life without parole.

In 1996 a jury rejected the death penalty in favor of life without parole.