Menendez Brothers
Resentencing Listening to Pushed
Geragos Accuses D.A. of Bias, Calls for His Recusal
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The Menendez Brothers resentencing listening to has ended for the day … and won’t be continued on Friday, as initially scheduled.
The following listening to is scheduled for Might 9, and can deal with the admissibility of a danger evaluation report … and the brothers’ protection lawyer Mark Geragos is anticipated to file for L.A. County District Legal professional Nathan Hochman to be personally recused from the case. Hochman grew up in Beverly Hills and went to the identical highschool because the Menendez Bros.
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In a information convention after right now’s listening to, Geragos repeatedly accused the D.A.’s Workplace — and particularly Hochman — of retraumatizing the Menendez household. One member of the family was reportedly hospitalized after crime scene photographs have been proven in courtroom on April 11. Bryan Freedman, who represents members of the Menendez household, mentioned he needs to make sure their Marsy’s Regulation rights are revered.
Tamara Menendez, a cousin, spoke at Thursday’s post-hearing information convention, and mentioned she felt belittled by Hochman in a one-on-one assembly … prompting Geragos to name it an abusive assault on her and declare Hochman is “serially” traumatizing the household.
No testimony will likely be heard within the Might 9 listening to, although the household is invited to attend. Whether or not the listening to is open to the general public remains to be being decided. Geragos nonetheless hasn’t seen the danger evaluation report, and is ready to obtain it.
Hochman himself filed a last-minute movement Wednesday evening in L.A. County Superior Courtroom to forestall right now’s much-anticipated listening to from going ahead, arguing the courtroom wants time to overview the California parole board’s danger evaluation report for Erik and Lyle Menendez. The decide rejected that movement and right now’s listening to went ahead.
As you understand, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s parole board again in February to conduct a danger evaluation of the brothers earlier than any clemency choice could possibly be made.
Newsom plans to make use of the report as a part of a June 13 listening to, by which Erik and Lyle will every seem earlier than the board for his or her particular person evaluations. After the listening to, Newsom will then make his choice on whether or not to grant clemency to the brothers.
Erik and Lyle have been convicted of capturing their dad and mom to demise with shotguns of their Beverly Hills house in 1989 and have been finally sentenced to life with out the potential for parole.
Regardless of their sentence, the brothers have been actively working the authorized system within the hopes of getting launched from jail, particularly over the previous two years. They’ve filed for resentencing, requested clemency and pushed for a brand new trial based mostly on newly unearthed proof.
