L.A. County D.A. Says He Will not Recuse Himself From Menendez Brothers Case

Los Angeles County District Legal professional Nathan Hochman says he’ll NOT recuse himself from the Erik and Lyle Menendez case … regardless of their lawyer calling for Hochman to step apart.

In new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Hochman says there is no authorized purpose for him to recuse himself … and he blasts the protection for what he sees as a “drastic and desperate step” … claiming they’re attempting to sidestep the central situation right here … resentencing, which Hochman opposes.

Erik and Lyle’s lawyer, Mark Geragos, beforehand referred to as for Hochman to recuse himself.

Hochman grew up in Beverly Hills and went to the identical highschool because the Menendez Bros … and the Menendez household and Geragos say Hochman has been retraumatizing the Menendez household … alleging he is violating Marsy’s Regulation rights for victims and claiming his resolution to point out crime scene photographs in an April court docket listening to was so upsetting it ended up placing an aged relative within the hospital.

Bryan Freedman, the lawyer for the Menendez household, blasted Hochman in a brand new assertion to TMZ, telling us … “Rather than do his real job and take steps to stop the looting, smash and grabs, record number of burglaries and other rampant criminal behavior in Los Angeles, DA Hochman would rather book appearances on TV and social media to show that he thinks childhood sexual abuse has no impact on human behavior.”

Freedman provides … “Verbally abusing the family member victims is not an example of being tough on crime. This man is out of touch with reality. His position that if Lyle and Erik admit to purported lies made 35 years ago, that he would change his position is preposterous. It may get his face and name in the media but obviously that factor is not only wrong but has zero impact whatsoever on whether they are likely to commit a dangerous felony in the future.”

Eirk and Lyle have a court docket listening to set for subsequent Friday, the place the decide will presumably take into account the recusal movement and tackle the admissibility of a danger evaluation report.

As we have instructed you, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s parole board again in February to conduct a danger evaluation of the brothers earlier than he made any clemency resolution.

Newsom says he plans to make use of the report as a part of a June 13 listening to, through which Erik and Lyle are supposed to look earlier than the board for particular person evaluations. After the listening to, the Governor plans to then make his resolution on whether or not to grant them clemency.

Erik and Lyle had been convicted of murdering their mother and father with shotguns of their Beverly Hills house in 1989 and had been sentenced to life in jail with out the potential for parole.