Erik and Lyle Menendez's bid for freedom was on indefinite hold Friday, following an emotional day in court that ended when a judge scheduled a May 9 motions hearing to discuss the admissibility of a state parole board risk-assessment report and an anticipated defense motion seeking to recuse the District Attorney's Office from the case.

A long-awaited resentencing hearing for Lyle and Erik Menendez ground to a halt Thursday just hours after attorneys arrived at the courthouse in Van Nuys, partly over a risk assessment report on the brothers that was was not intended for this week's court proceeding.

A highly anticipated resentencing hearing for convicted killers Erik and Lyle Menendez kicked off on Thursday before unravelling and being postponed by a judge. The hearing was set to decide whether the brothers,