Further delay as Menendez brothers seek freedom after decades in prison

Brothers had hoped resentencing hearing would pave way for immediate release - but judge orders pause until May

The Menendez brothers have spent years waiting for another day in court and a chance to prove that they should be freed after serving over three decades in prison for the 1989 slayings of their parents.

This week it appeared their time was perhaps finally coming - a judge was set to review their request for a resentencing and determine whether they have been rehabilitated. Their attorney, Mark Geragos, planned to ask the Los Angeles county judge Michael Jesic to reduce Erik and Lyle Menendez's charges to manslaughter, which would allow them to be released from prison immediately.