The brand new Los Angeles District Legal professional, Nathan Hochman, will not be using the Netflix documentary or ‘Monster’ collection to assist evaluate the well-known case.
Nov. 19 2024, Printed 6:15 p.m. ET
New LA District Legal professional Nathan Hochman has admitted he will not be watching the Menendez Brothers documentary on Netflix as he evaluations the well-known case simply weeks earlier than the resentencing listening to.
RadarOnline.com can reveal that the protection workforce for Erik and Lyle Menendez is at present pursuing choices to lastly free the brothers after three a long time behind bars for brutally murdering their dad and mom.
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The brothers murdered their dad and mom within the household residence in 1989.
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Hochman, 60, shared his ideas on the large fanbase the Menendez brothers have gained for the reason that Netflix documentary was launched, in addition to the present Monsters.
The brand new LA District Legal professional said that he believes these followers do not absolutely perceive the case from a long time in the past.
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Hochman is about to formally take workplace on December 3 and he defined that he plans to evaluate the well-known case very rigorously.
He mentioned: “I look ahead to placing within the laborious work to completely evaluate the information and regulation of the Menendez case, together with reviewing the confidential jail recordsdata, the transcripts of the 2 trials, and the voluminous reveals in addition to talking with the prosecutors, protection attorneys and sufferer relations.”
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Gascón had beforehand requested Gov. Newsom to grant clemency to Menendez brothers.
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He added: “This is identical sort of rigorous evaluation I’ve accomplished all through my 34 yr profession in legal justice as a prosecutor and protection counsel and the identical sort of thorough evaluate that I’ll give to all circumstances no matter media consideration.”
As he rigorously evaluations the case, he will not be using the documentary or Netflix collection for assist.
He informed The Every day Beast: “I didn’t wish to see them. What’s the purpose? I’d fairly learn the guide.”
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Over three a long time in the past, the case gained worldwide fame as tens of millions of individuals watched the trial from all around the world.
Hochman admitted he solely remembers just a few particulars concerning the case earlier than he added: “Any time a selected case will get this degree of consideration, it’s even that extra essential to get it proper.”
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The brand new Los Angeles DA is changing George Gascón in December.
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In October, the Los Angeles District Legal professional on the time, George Gascón, beneficial a resentencing for Erik and Lyle, who’ve spent practically 35 years behind bars for killing their dad and mom, José and Kitty Menendez.
He said he would suggest to the court docket on Friday that the brothers’ life sentence be eliminated, leaving them eligible for parole instantly.
Inside the previous couple of months, new proof was found and relations demanded a reevaluation of the case by prosecutors.
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Over three a long time in the past, Erik was 18 and Lyle was 21 once they shot their dad and mom 14 occasions inside their Beverly Hills mansion again in 1989.
The 2 obtained life sentences with out parole at their second trial in 1996 after the primary led to a mistrial.
Their lawyer claimed that the brothers killed each of their dad and mom in self-defense after allegedly being abused by their father.
Each brothers by no means denied committing the brutal murders.
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Jorge Menendez, right here with spouse Kitty, allegedly ‘abused’ the brothers throughout their childhood.