Lyle Menéndez and Erik Menéndez‘s extended family is asking for their release from prison as new Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman prepares to take office in December.
Lyle Menéndez and Erik Menéndez's extended family is asking for their release from prison as new Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman prepares to take office in December.
'The 24 family members I represent are both victims and the family of those that have been sentenced. They should no longer have to suffer,' Freedman began. 'It's time Erik and Lyle Menendez are released. For theirs and their family's sake. These men have served their time and proven themselves to be exemplary citizens during their incarceration despite no hope of release. It’s time they and the family are allowed to heal.
Freedman's statement comes on the heels of Hochman's comments to CNN about the siblings' resentencing plus possible parole recommendation, for which D.A. George Gascón announced his support in October. Gascón's recommendation came amid the renewed interest in their case following the premieres of Netflix's Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menéndez Story and the documentary The Menéndez Brothers.
“Before I can make any decision about the Menéndez brothers’ case, I will need to become thoroughly familiar with the relevant facts, the evidence and the law,” Hochman said in a statement to the outlet earlier this week, noting that he will have to review 'confidential' prison files for Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, transcripts from their trials, speak to prosecutors, defense counsel, law enforcement and more.
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