Erik and Lyle Menendez and their legal team are making a full court press for freedom at next month's hearing ... and we've learned their star witnesses are people inside the prison.
Incoming Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman says one of his first orders of business is tackling Erik and Lyle Melendez's bid for freedom ... and the clock's ticking.
We got Judge Judy at the Beverly Hills Hotel and asked her to weigh in on the Menendez brothers ... and she told us she had nothing nice to say about them.