LA district attorney says he won't support resentencing the Menendez brothers because they lied
The district attorney of Los Angeles County said Monday that he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez because the brothers have repeatedly lied about why they killed their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989.
District Attorney Nathan Hochman told reporters his decision hinged on whether the brothers바카라 게임 웹사이트 had exhibited 바카라 게임 웹사이트insight and complete responsibility바카라 게임 웹사이트 into lies told during their trial, including their original claim that they did not kill their parents. He said their repeated argument that they killed their parents in self-defense does not match the facts of the case that showed premeditated steps to plan the killings and make it look like a gang hit.
바카라 게임 웹사이트They have lied to everyone for the last 30 years,바카라 게임 웹사이트 Hochman said.
Hochman compared the Menendez case to that of Sirhan Sirhan, who shot and killed U.S. Sen. Robert F. Kennedy in 1968. He noted that, like the Menendez brothers, Sirhan had many letters of support and was determined to be a low-risk inmate. However, Gov. Gavin 온라인 바카라 게임om in 2022, saying he still poses an unreasonable threat to the public.
Hochman called it an 바카라 게임 웹사이트instructive case바카라 게임 웹사이트 because, like Sirhan, the Menendez brothers 바카라 게임 웹사이트fell short바카라 게임 웹사이트 of taking full responsibility for their crimes.
The county's top prosecutor said he would support resentencing in the future if the brothers 바카라 게임 웹사이트finally come clean with the court, with the public, with the DA바카라 게임 웹사이트s office, with their own family members and acknowledge all these lies.바카라 게임 웹사이트
A resentencing hearing initiated by a court has been scheduled for later in March and Hochman said the court may move forward with that.
Family members of Erik and Lyle Menendez slammed Hochman's assertion that the brothers do not meet the standards for resentencing.
바카라 게임 웹사이트Let바카라 게임 웹사이트s be clear: Erik and Lyle are not the same young boys they were more than 30 years ago,바카라 게임 웹사이트 the Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition said in a statement Monday. 바카라 게임 웹사이트They have apologized for the horrific actions they took. They have apologized to us. And, they have demonstrated their atonement through actions that have helped improve countless lives. Yet, DA Hochman is effectively asking for them to publicly apologize to a checklist of actions they took in a state of shock and fear.바카라 게임 웹사이트
Hochman, who took office in December, that he opposed a new trial for the Menendez brothers. The siblings were convicted in 1996 and sentenced to without parole.
In October, then-District Attorney George Gascón recommended the brothers be resentenced to 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for parole. Hochman called his predecessor's recommendation a 바카라 게임 웹사이트desperate political move.바카라 게임 웹사이트
The brothers, who are now in their 50s, were found guilty in the murders of their entertainment executive father Jose Menendez and mother Kitty Menendez.
They began their in recent years after new evidence of their father바카라 게임 웹사이트s sexual abuse emerged, and they of most of their .
The brothers have another pathway to freedom. They have also submitted a clemency plea to 온라인 바카라 게임om, who had said he until Hochman reviewed the case. The governor last month whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released.
온라인 바카라 게임om didn't immediately comment on Hochman's news conference. But the governor did announce Monday that he would propose a new parole board process similar to the review the Menendez brothers are undergoing that could clear a path for more prisoners to have their sentences shortened.
Tamara Goodall, among the brothers' cousins, has asked that Hochman be removed from the case, citing bias. The DA rejected that claim.
바카라 게임 웹사이트I will follow the facts and the law wherever they take us,바카라 게임 웹사이트 he said.