Court officials hand out lottery tickets to the public for a chance to be seated in the courtroom for the status hearing on the murder conviction of Lyle and Erik Menendez outside of the Van Nuys West Courthouse on November 25, 2024, in Los Angeles, California. The Menendez brothers, convicted of killing their parents in 1989, seek to change their murder convictions to manslaughter. (Photo by Robyn Beck / AFP) (Photo by ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)