Published at 8:09 AM, January 6, 2025
LOS ANGELES (AP)– The brand-new Los Angeles County District Attorney met the Menendez siblings’ household as he continues to evaluate their quote for flexibility 35 years after they were founded guilty of eliminating their moms and dads.
Nathan Hochman, who took workplace in December, stated Friday that he had a “efficient session” with the member of the family, who shared their ideas with him on whether the bros need to be launched. The conference lasted about 3 hours.
SUBMIT– Erik Menendez, center, listens to his lawyer Leslie Abramson, as his bro Lyle searches in a Beverly Hills, California, May 17, 1991. (AP Photo/Julie Markes, File)
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Brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez were condemned of killing Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989 and sentenced to life in jail without parole. Now in their 50s, they started their quote for liberty in the last few years after brand-new proof of their daddy’s sexual assault emerged in their case. Their legal representatives submitted a habeas corpus petition– an ask for a court to take a look at whether somebody is being legally apprehended– in May 2023, asking a judge to think about the proof.
The bros have the assistance of the majority of their extended household, who have actually stated they are worthy of to be totally free after years behind bars. Numerous relative have actually stated that in today’s world– which is more familiar with the effect of sexual assault– the bros would not have actually been founded guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life.
In October 2024, then-District Attorney George Gascon suggested the bros be resentenced to 50 years to life, which would make them instantly qualified for parole. Hochman, who was running versus Gascon, called it a “desperate political relocation.”
“By launching it now, Gascon has actually cast a cloud over the fairness and impartiality of his choice,” he stated at the time.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman discusses the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez for the murders of their moms and dads years earlier throughout a press conference in downtown Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A judge postponed the bros’ resentencing hearing, initially set for early December, to the end of January. Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic stated he required time to examine comprehensive proof and offer Hochman time to weigh in on the case.
Hochman stated Friday he was still examining countless pages of jail records to “examine the rehab element of resentencing.” Proof of rehab might consist of not taking part in unlawful activity while in jail, beginning companies that assisted other detainees, and utilizing that time to enhance oneself, he stated.
At the siblings’ initial trials, their defense lawyer argued that they had actually been sexually abused by their dad. District attorneys rejected that and implicated them of eliminating their moms and dads for cash. In the years that followed, they consistently appealed their convictions without success.
The bros are being held at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in San Diego.
