The new Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman's office denies claims of a conflict of interest in the Menendez brothers' case. Meanwhile, relatives of the convicted killers are pushing for their resentencing to be handled by the state attorney general's office instead of county prosecutors.
New Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman's office is pushing back against a 'meritless' claim of a potential conflict of interest in the Menendez brothers’ case amid reports that their relatives are looking to have their potential resentencing handled by the state attorney general's office instead of county prosecutors.
'The conflict of interest issue, raised to the media first before it was raised to the District Attorney’s Office, is meritless,' a DA spokesperson told Fox News Digital. 'All Menendez victim family members who want the opportunity to personally speak with the District Attorney before any final decisions are made have been invited to do so and these discussions should be completed in the coming weeks.' Hochman's predecessor, former DA George Gascon, had allegedly met only with relatives who supported the brothers' freedom and not their 90-year-old uncle, Milton Andersen. He has opposed any leniency for his nephews, who were convicted of shotgunning their parents, who were Andersen's sister and brother-in-law, in their Beverly Hills living room in the late 1980s. MENENDEZ BROTHERS RESENTENCING PUSHED BACK, JUDGE EYES LATE JANUARY Erik and Joseph 'Lyle' Menendez snuck up behind their parents, Jose and Mary 'Kitty' Menendez, and opened fire on Aug. 20, 1989. The brothers went on a $700,000 spending spree as investigators initially suspected a mob hit, but they were eventually arrested. Their first trial ended with a hung jury, and they were later convicted and sentenced to life without the possibility of parole – a punishment they are hoping to have reduced under California's new resentencing law. Andersen and Kitty's sister, Joan Andersen VanderMolen, 92, is among two dozen other relatives who support freedom for the brothers. There has also been public support for their release after a series of documentaries explored their claims of child abuse at the hands of their father, a former RCA Records executiv
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