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(NewsNation) — The Menendez brothers' lawyer said her clients scored a "huge win" Monday erstwhile a California justice ordered the Los Angeles County territory lawyer to explain wherefore important grounds successful their lawsuit relating to alleged intersexual maltreatment was withheld from the jury.
Los Angeles D.A. Nathan Hochman "talks astir eventual justice, and eventual justness successful this lawsuit would beryllium a manslaughter plea," Alexandra Kazarian said connected "Banfield."
Judge William Ryan ruled that Hochman indispensable supply an mentation wrong 30 days. Ryan pointed specifically astatine 2 pieces of grounds relating to the maltreatment the brothers allegedly suffered astatine the hands of their father, Jose.
That accusation was kept from the assemblage during the brothers' 2nd trial.
"The determination that Judge Ryan needs to marque is whether determination is grounds ... that should person gone to the assemblage that would person changed their verdict?" Kazarian added.
Kazarian besides acknowledged that wherever Hochman is incorrect successful the lawsuit is that the defence attorney, Leslie Abramson, has ever argued that the brothers utilized "imperfect self-defense."
"Yes, the brothers killed their parents due to the fact that they thought they were going to beryllium killed," she said. "But an imperfect self-defense allows the assemblage to recognize they mightiness person been wrong, adjacent though they were incorrect successful believing that they were going to beryllium killed. They inactive believed it. And if they believed it, and were wrong, it's not a implicit self-defense. But it does little the condemnation from a execution to a manslaughter."
If the convictions are thrown retired by the judge, each member volition person a abstracted parole hearing. Both brothers person served 33 years successful prison.
Yet, Kazarian questions wherefore Hochman is truthful passionate astir the brothers not being freed.
"I recognize wanting the integrity of a condemnation to enactment successful place," Kazarian said.
"But if it's not the close conviction, I don't cognize wherefore you would reason against grounds of utmost intersexual abuse. In this case, Jose Menendez is idiosyncratic who skirted justness his full beingness ... The adults successful this situation, surrounding these mediocre brothers, they knew. And they didn't bash anything."
