Defense attorney Mark Geragos (L) holds up his hand as Joan VanderMolen (sister of Kitty Menendez) speaks to the media, outside the Van Nuys West Courthouse after a status hearing on the murder conviction of Lyle and Erik Menendez on November 25, 2024, in Van Nuys, a neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The Menendez brothers, convicted of killing their parents in 1989, seek to change their murder convictions to manslaughter. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)