What's next for the Menendez brothers?

Earlier this month, more than two dozen members of the Menendez family issued a public plea for Erik and Lyle to be released 35 years after killing their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez.

Those family members alleged the boys endured horrific sexual abuse at the hands of their father and are not a threat to society.

Kitty Menendez's sister, Joan Anderson VanderMolen, argued “the whole world wasn’t ready to believe that the boys could be raped, or that young men could be victims of sexual violence".

She said that now “we know better" and "a jury today would never deliver such a harsh sentence".

But the family isn't in total agreement.

A lawyer for Kitty Menendez’s brother, Milton Andersen, called the brothers "cold-blooded" and said their "actions shattered their family and left a trail of grief that has persisted for decades."

"Jose was shot six times, and Kitty was shot ten times, including a shot to her face after Erik reloaded."

Mr Andersen believes his nephews should stay in prison for their "heinous act", according to his lawyer, Kathy Cady.