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Erik and Lyle Menendez‘s family members aren’t saying a lot about their first assembly with the brand new L.A. County District Legal professional Nathan Hochman … and he is not both.
Hochman held a information convention Friday however he did not get into any specifics of his conversations with Menendez members of the family … solely saying he felt the assembly was “productive.”
Whereas dozens of Erik and Lyle’s members of the family — who’re additionally victims within the case — assist their launch, Hochman says the variety of family members supporting their freedom would not matter … it is extra in regards to the content material of what they should say, amongst different issues.
Hochman made certain to not present his hand forward of this month’s resentencing listening to … saying he is nonetheless pouring over courtroom transcripts and jail data earlier than deciding the place he stands.
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We caught up with the Menendez Brothers‘ legal professional, Mark Geragos, and their family members exterior the Corridor of Justice in downtown L.A. … moments after they tried to persuade Hochman to get on board with letting Erik and Lyle’s out of jail the place they have been serving their life with out parole sentences for the 1989 shotgun murders of their dad and mom Jose and Kitty Menendez.
We requested Geragos if he and the household had been profitable of their mission to make the D.A. see the case their method, however nobody wished to remark — simply as they had been fairly mum on the case after we spoke to them on their method into the assembly.
Within the a long time since, the siblings’ family members have fashioned the Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition within the hope of getting them launched from jail … with the household noting the brothers have been rehabilitated following their practically 35 years behind bars.
In fact, former L.A. County D.A. George Gascón supported a resentencing for the brothers, noting they have been mannequin inmates throughout their time in jail.
Nevertheless, after Gascón misplaced his November reelection bid to Hochman, Erik and Lyle’s preliminary listening to on the matter was delayed to 2025.
Since taking workplace, Hochman had not made it clear the place he stands on the problem — although, he did meet with the lawyer representing the one Menendez relative who doesn’t assist Erik and Lyle’s launch.
