US judge set to decide whether Menendez brothers deserve reduced sentences

Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez (California Department of Corrections via AP)

Erik and Lyle Menendez could learn this week whether they will get reduced sentences — and the chance of freedom — nearly 30 years after they were convicted of murdering their parents.

A Los Angeles judge will preside over the resentencing hearing that is expected to last two days starting on Thursday.