Lyle and Eric Menendez, the brothers convicted of murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989 when they were 21 and 18, were sentenced to life without the possibility of parole . But in a dramatic turn of events,

Just 16 public seats are available for the hotly anticipated hearing of the Menendez brothers, who are hoping a judge will downgrade their charges from first-degree murder to a lesser charge.

Members of the public will be able to attend an upcoming court hearing in Van Nuys, California, for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents. A lottery will decide who takes 16 seats in the courtroom.