Erik and Lyle Menendez, wearing blue prison uniforms, listened as relatives broke down in tears, begging the judge to set them free during the first day of a two-day hearing.

In April, Hochman moved to withdraw Gascón’s recommendation, arguing that he did not believe the brothers had taken full responsibility for their crimes. This move was then rejected by Judge Jesic, paving the way for this week’s hearings to take place.

After spending more than three decades behind bars, Erik and Lyle are set to have their resentencing hearing inside a Van Nuys courtroom Tuesday morning. The Menendez brothers are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents,