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.

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 ordered the DA's office to explain why the Menendez brothers' claims of sexual abuse were kept out of their second trial within thirty days.