DA defends plan to seek resentencing for Menendez brothers; critics say he wants to help his election.
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, talks during a news conference at the Hall of Justice on Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Los Angeles. Gascón, a Democrat who swept into office in 2020 thanks to a progressive voter base made up of criminal justice reform advocates, is trailing by double digits in the polls in his bid for reelection this November.
“By releasing it now, Gascón has cast a cloud over the fairness and impartiality of his decision, allowing Angelenos to question whether the decision was correct and just — or just another desperate political move by a D.A. running a losing campaign scrambling to grab headlines through a made-for-TV decision,” Hochman said.“There’s nothing political about this,” Gascón said during a Thursday news conference about his plans to ask a court to consider resentencing the Menendez brothers.
Some believe Gascón chose this moment – just weeks out from Election Day – to bring up the Menendez case in hopes that the media attention will stir up publicity for himself. The Menendez brothers made national headlines for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989. They were 21 and 18 years old at the time. Their attorneys claimed they were victims of sexual abuse by their father and had acted out of fear that their parents would kill them to prevent them from disclosing their father’s behavior.Some relatives of the Menendez brothers spoke in favor of a resentencing during Thursday’s press conference.
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