District Attorney Nathan Hochman said that new evidence suggesting convicted killers Lyle and Erik Menendez may have been abused doesn't rise to the standard for a new trial.
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Newly-elected Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said at a Friday press conference that he has asked the court to reject the Menendez brothers' request for a new trial.
The district attorney of Los Angeles says he will update the public Friday on a new sentencing hearing for celebrity brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez.
LA DA Nathan Hochman asks a judge to deny the Menendez brothers’ 2023 petition for a new trial and questions evidence of alleged abuse.
The Los Angeles district attorney on Friday shared a crucial update concerning the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
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The Menendez brothers are serving sentences of life in prison without parole. Last October, amid a flurry of renewed attention to the high-profile case, D.A. George Gascón said he would ask a court to lower their sentences to 50 years to life, which would make them eligible for parole.
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Lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez — who have long claimed they murdered their parents because they feared for their lives after years of sexual abuse by their father — filed the habeas corpus petition in Los Angeles Superior Court in May of 2023 to overturn their convictions.
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Have the Menendez brothers lost their chance for freedom?The chief prosecutor in Los Angeles will oppose an attempt by Erik and Lyle Menendez to get a new trial for the murder of their parents, he said Friday.
Lyle and Erik Menendez, serving 35 years for the 1989 murder of their parents, could potentially be resentenced in March. Here’s a look at how old the brothers are now.
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New Los Angeles DA on a New Menendez Brothers Trial: NopeThe Mendendez brothers may have lost whatever momentum they had in requesting a new trial for the 1989 murders of their parents. CNN reports that new Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recommended Friday that a judge reject Erik and Lyle Menendez's request for a new trial due to a petition the brothers filed based on claims of new
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Family of Lyle & Erik Menendez Blast 'Abhorrent' Decision to Deny the Siblings a New TrialL.A. County D.A. Nathan Hochman announcement that he opposes a new trial for Menendez brothers but left the door open to a resentencing hearing
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