L.A. County D.A. Nathan Hochman
I Will not Recuse Myself From Menendez Case
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Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman says he’ll NOT recuse himself from the Erik and Lyle Menendez case … regardless of their legal professional calling for Hochman to step apart.
In new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Hochman says there is not any authorized motive for him to recuse himself … and he blasts the protection for what he sees as a “drastic and desperate step” … claiming they’re making an attempt to sidestep the central problem right here … resentencing, which Hochman opposes.
Erik and Lyle’s legal professional, Mark Geragos, beforehand known 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 images in an April court docket listening to was so upsetting it ended up placing an aged relative within the hospital.
Bryan Freedman, the legal professional 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 contemplate the recusal movement and tackle the admissibility of a threat evaluation report.
As we have informed you, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s parole board again in February to conduct a threat evaluation of the brothers earlier than he made any clemency resolution.
TMZ.com
Newsom says he plans to make use of the report as a part of a June 13 listening to, wherein Erik and Lyle are supposed to look earlier than the board for particular person critiques. 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 dad and mom with shotguns of their Beverly Hills house in 1989 and had been sentenced to life in jail with out the potential for parole.
Regardless of their sentence, Erik and Lyle hope their rehabilitation in jail will get them launched from jail. They’ve filed for resentencing, requested clemency and pushed for a brand new trial primarily based on what they are saying is newly unearthed proof.
