L.A. D.A. on Menendez Brothers
Asks Decide To Push Again Resentencing Listening to …
Over Threat Evaluation Report
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Los Angeles District Lawyer Nathan Hochman is attempting to kick the can down the highway within the Menendez brothers’ case … submitting a last-minute movement to push again Thursday’s resentencing listening to.
Hochman filed the movement Wednesday evening in LA Superior Courtroom to stop right now’s much-anticipated listening to from going ahead, arguing the court docket wants time to evaluate the California parole board’s danger evaluation report for Erik and Lyle Menendez.
As you realize, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the parole board again in February to conduct a danger evaluation of the brothers earlier than any clemency resolution might be made.
In Wednesday’s submitting, obtained by TMZ, Hochman says the parole board accomplished its evaluation of Erik and Lyle — and the governor has invited the court docket to request the finished report for the resentencing listening to.
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Hochman argues the court docket ought to make each effort to acquire the report, and if extra time is required, the decide ought to push again the resentencing listening to, successfully punting on the choice.
Newsom plans to make use of the report as a part of a June 13 listening to, wherein Erik and Lyle will every seem earlier than the board for his or her particular person critiques. After the listening to, Newsom will then make his resolution on whether or not to grant clemency to the brothers.
As you realize, Erik and Lyle had been convicted of gunning down their mother and father to loss of life of their Beverly Hills residence in 1989 and had been finally sentenced to life with out the potential of parole.
Regardless of their sentence, the brothers have been actively working the authorized system within the hopes of getting launched from jail, particularly over the previous two years. They’ve filed for resentencing, requested clemency and pushed for a brand new trial based mostly on newly unearthed proof.
