After seven months of hearings, court filings and news conferences, Lyle and Erik Menendez faced their first possibility of freedom Tuesday as a two-day resentencing hearing got underway, three decades after they were convicted of the 1989 murders of their parents.

After months of postponements, the hearing to determine whether Erik and Lyle Menendez should be released from prison is set to begin.

The hearing will determine whether they should receive a lesser sentence, which could lead to paroled release.

In one of his first speeches, Pope Leo XIV — an American née Robert Francis Prevost who succeeds Pope Francis — spoke out in favour of protecting press freedom. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) welcomes this commitment and has issued five concrete recommendations to the new head of the Catholic Church and Vatican City.

Pope Leo XIV held his first public audience with members of the media, saying the church stood in solidarity with them for "seeking the truth."

Pope Leo XIV made an impassioned plea for peace and expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists in his first news briefing since becoming pontiff on Monday, calling for "the precious gift of free speech and of the press" to be protected.