Erik and Lyle Menendez’s efforts to reduce their life-without-parole prison terms have been in limbo after the ouster earlier this month of Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor, who recommended a new sentence that could clear the way for the brothers’ release.

Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents, asked a judge Monday to reconsider the brothers' convictions.