LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s decision to seek a conviction for Lyle and Erik Menendez brought relief to some members of the brothers’ extended family.

The Menendez brothers were sentenced in 1996 to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents — Jose and Kitty Menendez — at the family’s Beverly Hills home.

Not everyone in the Menendez family is happy with the call from the district attorney.

An attorney for Milton Andersen, the 90-year-old brother of Kitty Menendez, filed an amicus brief with the court, hoping to see the other side of Gascón’s resentment request. Andersen tries to uphold the brothers’ original sentence.

“They shot their mother Kitty while she was reloading to ensure her death,” Andersen’s attorney Kathy Cady said in a statement Thursday. “The evidence remains overwhelmingly clear: the jury’s verdict was fair, and the sentence fits the heinous crime.”

Mark Geragos, an attorney for the brothers, declined to comment on the statement from Andersen’s attorneys.

Cady told Eyewitness News that Gascón’s decision is a “clear ploy to try to get extra votes” ahead of the election.

Cady says Gascón’s office has consistently excluded Andersen from the review process — in violation of California law.

“He’s disappointed,” she said. “He believes that justice was served when Lyle and Erik were convicted of murder and special circumstances, and that their sentences were appropriate.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.