Menendez brothers sentencing hearing delayed - meaning they'll be in prison for another Christmas

Brothers Erick and Joseph Menendez were convicted of killing both of their parents with a shotgun back in 1989 - the brothers claimed self-defence, but they were sentenced over the murders

A US judge has delayed the resentencing hearing for Erick and Joseph Mendez who have been serving life without parole over the 1989 murders of their parents.

Los Angeles Judge Michael Jesic said he would not be ready for the previously scheduled hearing and that it would need to be pushed back until late January. The brothers tried to join their resentencing proceeding video video but technical difficulties led the two to use a phone to listen.

The new preliminary resentencing date has been scheduled for either January 30 or 31. Both brothers are serving life without parole for the murdering their parents Kitty and Jose Menendez.

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