i-- i miss my brother every day. >> reporter: erik menendez declined our interview request. said both he and his brother wanted to pursue careers in politics? in a highly unusual way, they've done it, sort of. erik has started a life care and hospice program for inmates at the richard donovan correctional facility near san diego and 500 miles north, lyle is president of the inmate government at mule creek state prison. >> i know it's going to be -- a suffering for me but -- i feel like -- i can find some purpose here. >> reporter: lyle's former appellate attorney told us if the brothers can produce new evidence of the abuse, it would be the first step toward perhaps getting a third trial. even he admits it's a long shot. but if it did happen, two people surely wouldn't be there. defense attorney leslie abramson is retired from law -- and did not respond to our interview request. as for prosecutor pam bozanich -- you really think that this kinda wrecked your career? >> oh it did, of course, it did. but it's okay. if i'd won the case, i probably never would've been a mother. i