The two-day proceeding in L.A. ended on its first day with the judge resentencing the brothers who have spent more than three decades behind bars for their parents' 1989 murders.

Lyle and Erik Menendez face a Los Angeles court on Tuesday for a key hearing in their bid to cut short the life prison terms they are serving for the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home 35 years ago.

Erik and Lyle Menendez were re-sentenced Tuesday to 50 years to life behind bars, opening the door for them to be considered for parole.

The brothers' battle to regain their freedom was back in court Friday, but instead of hearing why D.A. Hochman's bias against them means he needs to go, their lawyer killed the motion for withdrawal.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, serving life sentences for the shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills home 35 years ago, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom by video on Tuesday for a key hearing in their bid to win release from prison.