内容摘要：He added it should be done "by a panel set up... for each case, a doctor and a lawyer, they have to agree, and they check everything has been done lawfully".

He added it should be done "by a panel set up... for each case, a doctor and a lawyer, they have to agree, and they check everything has been done lawfully".

The issue was put to Los Angeles County superior court Judge Michael Jesic on 13 May, who agreed."I do believe they've done enough in the past 35 years that they should get that chance," he said, concluding a day-long hearing.

The brothers are now eligible for parole under California's youthful offender law which allows individuals who committed crimes before the age of 26 to seek a reduced sentence.The siblings were aged 18 and 21 at the time. They are now aged 54 and 57.During the hearing, family members and a former fellow inmate were among those who testified in support of the resentencing.

People who worked with the brothers in prison spoke about the educational courses they had completed, and described a hospice initiative they created for the elderly and sick.The district attorney's office, which fiercely opposes a lower sentence, said the brothers have continued to "make excuses" for their conduct instead of taking full responsibility and were not rehabilitated.

The brothers spoke to the court via video and apologised for their actions.

They also expressed their hope to work with sex abuse victims and help those incarcerated if they were given a second chance outside prison.By 1400 BST, the Conservatives had lost control of three of the 18 councils they controlled before this election, with Reform beating them in Staffordshire and Lincolnshire, as well as taking control of Durham.

, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch "These were always going to be a very difficult set of elections coming off the high of 2021, and our historic defeat last year - and so it's proving."The renewal of our party has only just begun and I'm determined to win back the trust of the public and the seats we've lost, in the years to come."

Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick - who was beaten to the Tory leadership last year by Badenoch - said she was doing a "bloody good job" and it would "be impossible to turn around this situation in such a short period of time".Liberal Democrats are hoping to take seats off the Tories in places like Gloucestershire and Hertfordshire.