During a hearing on Friday, where Erik and Lyle Menendez awaited to hear whether their re-sentencing hopes would end, a gruesome crime scene photo was on put on display showing their father’s lifeless body after they shot him six times with a shotgun in 1989.

Ahead of an upcoming and much delayed resentencing hearing that could see the Menendez brothers out of prison after decades, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman is being blamed for an octogenarian relative being in critical condition in hospital after photos of the siblings’ father mutilated dead body were shown in court last week.

New District Attorney Nathan Hochman sought to pull back the recommendation of his predecessor George Gascón, who supported the re-sentencing.