Gov Newsom announces decision in Menendez brothers case

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has reached a determination connected a brace of clemency requests for Erik and Joseph "Lyle" Menendez, the 2 Beverly Hills brothers serving beingness without parole for the execution of their parents successful 1989.

He volition clasp disconnected until the recently elected Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has clip to reappraisal the case, respecting the volition of the voters who sent the acold near progressive George Gascon packing connected Election Day, helium said.

"The Governor respects the relation of the District Attorney successful ensuring justness is served and recognizes that voters person entrusted District Attorney-elect Hochman to transportation retired this responsibility," Newsom's bureau said successful a statement. "The Governor volition defer to the DA-elect’s reappraisal and investigation of the Menendez lawsuit anterior to making immoderate clemency decisions."

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Lyle Menendez, left, and his member Erik are pictured successful their astir caller situation mugshots, taken connected Oct. 10, 2024. (California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation)

Hochman, a erstwhile national authoritative and adjunct U.S. lawyer wide during the President George W. Bush years, antecedently told Fox News Digital helium would not scope a determination of his ain until helium becomes "thoroughly familiar" with each aspects of the case.

"I volition person to reappraisal the confidential situation files for each brother, the transcripts from some trials, and talk to the prosecutors, instrumentality enforcement, defence counsel, and the victims’ household members," helium said soon aft his Election Day victory. "Only past tin I marque a decision. If, for immoderate reason, I request further time, I volition inquire the tribunal for that time."

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New Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman astatine Crypto.com Arena successful Los Angeles connected Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. ( Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

The Menendez brothers' resentencing hearing, requested by Gascon conscionable days earlier helium mislaid his re-election bid, is scheduled for Dec. 11.

"Once I instrumentality bureau connected December 3, I look guardant to putting successful the hard enactment to thoroughly reappraisal the facts and instrumentality of the Menendez case, including reviewing the confidential situation files, the transcripts of the 2 trials, and the voluminous exhibits arsenic good arsenic speaking with the prosecutors, defence attorneys and unfortunate household members," Hochman said Tuesday.

"This is the aforesaid benignant of rigorous investigation I person done passim my 34-year vocation successful transgression justness arsenic a authoritative and defence counsel, and the aforesaid benignant of thorough reappraisal that I volition springiness to each cases careless of media attention."

The brothers person been held connected sentences of beingness without the anticipation of parole since 1996, aft their 2nd trial successful the shotgun murders of their parents, Jose and Mary "Kitty" Menendez, who they ambushed successful their surviving room. The archetypal ended successful a mistrial a fewer years earlier.

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They said they killed their dada successful self-defense, believing helium would person killed them aft they warned him they would exposure him arsenic a kid enactment abuser. Their ma was sitting adjacent to him, eating crystal pick and watching TV erstwhile they started shooting from behind.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks astatine a property league connected Oct. 27, 2024 successful Los Angeles. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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Two twelve relatives person publically supported the brothers' freedom, including Kitty's sister, Joan Andersen VanderMolen, 92. However, her brother, Milton Andersen, 90, remains vehemently opposed to clemency and says helium does not judge the maltreatment allegations against Jose.

Hochman could proceed wherever Gascon near disconnected and question the resentencing, inquire the justice to retreat the anterior administration's resentencing petition oregon record further briefs to springiness the justice much worldly to enactment with arsenic the tribunal considers the matter.

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Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon, right, shakes hands with members of the Menendez household aft addressing the lawsuit of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez astatine a quality league astatine the Hall of Justice successful Los Angeles connected Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Gascon, aft explaining to reporters the process would spell done aggregate layers of review, from the justice to the parole committee and yet to Newsom, days aboriginal asked the politician to skip each of those steps and instantly assistance clemency to the brothers.

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If Hochman's bureau continues down the resentencing road, Newsom inactive has the last say. If the brothers' sentences are reduced to thing that would marque them eligible for parole, the politician has veto powerfulness implicit parole committee decisions. He could besides contented clemency oregon a pardon connected his own.

An undated photograph of the Menendez household arsenic it appears connected surface during a sheet astatine CrimeCon 2024 successful Nashville, Tennessee, connected Sunday, June 2. The brothers Lyle and Erik were convicted of fatally shooting some of their parents successful 1989. (Michael Ruiz/Fox News Digital)

A abstracted habeas corpus petition is besides making its mode done the court, which would beryllium an further way to state if successful. Their petition is based connected recently emerged grounds successful enactment of their allegations of kid maltreatment against their begetter – a corroborating missive of unconfirmed root and the connection of Roy Rosello, a erstwhile Menudo subordinate who said helium excessively had been abused by Jose Menendez arsenic a child.

Their lawyer's extremity of having them home for Thanksgiving looks unlikely.