During the brothers’ trials, much of the abuse evidence was ruled inadmissible and the pair, then aged 21 and 18, were sentenced to life in prison without parole in 1996.

Now, the Los Angeles District Attorney has recommended that they be re-sentenced and be immediately eligible for parole.

“Because of their legal age, as they were under 26 at the time of these crimes, they will be immediately eligible for parole,” George Gascón said in a news conference Thursday.

The final decision will be made by a judge, who will decide whether to accept the prosecutor’s recommendation.

Mr Gascón said he believed the brothers’ claims that they were molested by their father José while their mother Kitty turned a blind eye.

“Our own implicit and sometimes explicit bias towards sexual abuse and sexual assault often leads us to grave injustices,” he said.