LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has ordered Los Angeles prosecutors to explain why Erik and Lyle Menendez’s murder convictions should not be re-examined in light of new evidence supporting their claims of sexual abuse by their father.

A Los Angeles judge told DA Nathan Hochman to show cause as to why the brothers should not be entitled to habeas corpus relief.

A judge has ordered the Los Angeles DA to explain why evidence was withheld in the Menendez brothers' trial. New evidence suggests sexual abuse by their father, which could alter their 1996 murder convictions.