Erik and Lyle Menendez will appear before a Los Angeles Superior Court judge as they fight for their freedom, 35 years after killing their parents. The procedural hearing is drawing a lot of public attention,

Just 16 public seats are available for the hotly anticipated hearing of the Menendez brothers, who are hoping a judge will downgrade their charges from first-degree murder to a lesser charge.

Members of the public will be able to attend an upcoming court hearing in Van Nuys, California, for Lyle and Erik Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents. A lottery will decide who takes 16 seats in the courtroom.