Menendez brothers' resentencing on hold until May

A hearing set to decide the fate of the convicted killers was delayed after bickering in court.

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The hearing was set to decide whether the brothers, serving life without the possibility of parole, should receive a new sentence that could allow their freedom after serving three decades in prison.

They were convicted in the 1989 killing of their parents in a Beverly Hills mansion - a case that continues to divide the nation.

The hearing devolved from the start as attorneys for the brothers fought with prosecutors, who oppose their release. The judge ultimately delayed the hearing until 9 May to weigh requests made by both sides.

The contentious hearing, which led to swarms of media, yielded few developments.

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