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(NewsNation) — Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman maintains his presumption that helium is not against Lyle and Erik Menendez having their time successful tribunal for a resentencing hearing, but that helium conscionable does not deliberation it should hap now.
The Menendez brothers, who person served astir 30 years successful situation for the slaying of their parents, volition look successful tribunal adjacent week for the hearing. The Menendez household has tried to person Hochman disqualified from the proceedings, claiming the authoritative has a struggle of involvement successful the matter.
Lyle and Erik Menendez were convicted of shooting and sidesplitting their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, astatine their Beverly Hills location successful 1989. They were sentenced to beingness successful situation without parole astatine ages 18 and 21.
Hochman told NewsNation that helium holds to his “not yet” reasoning due to the fact that the Menendez brothers person yet to afloat judge work for the sidesplitting of their parents oregon for the mode they attempted to screen up their actions. Family members person told NewsNation that the 2 brothers person shown remorse and taken responsbility in a backstage mounting with relatives.
“At nary constituent successful the past 30 years person they said, ‘Look, we fundamentally person lied,’” Hochman said. “We’ve engaged successful this behaviour and we’re acceptable for resentencing.”
Hochman said helium met with the Menendez household for 3 hours and listened to their reasoning for the 2 brothers to beryllium released. But then, helium said helium considered the facts of the lawsuit and decided the brothers were not yet acceptable for release.
Hochman said that helium reviewed tens of thousands of pages of transcripts and hours of video and spoke with experts and attorneys associated with the lawsuit to travel up with his reasoning that the brothers should not yet beryllium considered for resentencing.
Because the 2 sides disagree, Hochman said that the household has chosen to onslaught him.
“There’s an aged saying that if you tin lb the facts, lb the law. If you can’t lb the law, lb the facts,” helium said. “And if you can’t lb the facts and the law, lb the prosecutor. That is fundamentally wherever the defence counsel is at. It’s a hopeless determination to get distant from the facts and the instrumentality of resentencing and conscionable onslaught maine successful a meritless and baseless way.”
