LOS ANGELES — Erik and Lyle Menendez’s attorney, Mark Geragos, will seek clemency from Gov. Gavin Newsom in hopes of securing the brothers’ release by Thanksgiving.

On Wednesday, ABC News reported that paperwork for a clemency request had been filed.

“Pending clemency requests are confidential and we cannot discuss individual cases,” the governor’s office said in a statement. “More information about the process can be found here.”

The Menendez brothers are currently serving life sentences without parole for the gruesome murders of their parents, who were shot in 1989.

Newsom’s clemency would commute the brothers’ individual sentences, but not their murder convictions.

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Last week, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón recommended a resentencing for the Menendez brothers after new evidence prompted him to reexamine the case. But Gascón seemed to support their murder convictions.

In an interview with ABC News, the prosecutor was asked what he tells people in his own office who say the two young men clearly premeditated the murders.

“We’re not letting him go,” Gascón replied. “First of all, I have been very clear: these were brutal murders; they were premeditated and that’s why they were given life without the possibility of parole.”

The case has now been moved to the Van Nuys courthouse where the original double-murder trial took place. Each brother’s trial resulted in a hung jury.

The Menendez brothers never denied killing their parents, but insisted they acted in self-defense after claiming they suffered years of sexual abuse from their father, fearing for their lives.

If a judge agrees to the resentencing, the case would still require approval from the Parole Board and Newsom — a process that could take a year. But if a judge recommends that their felony convictions be reduced to voluntary manslaughter, they could be released immediately.