Menendez brothers: What George Gascon's election loss means for upcoming resentencing

Outgoing Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon pushed hard for the Menendez brothers' resentencing successful the last days of his failed re-election campaign.

Nathan Hochman, the erstwhile national authoritative who volition instrumentality his spot aft a 25-point victory, could present go cardinal to their quest for freedom.

"Before I tin marque immoderate determination astir the Menendez brothers’ case, I volition request to go thoroughly acquainted with the applicable facts, the grounds and the law," the DA-elect told Fox News Digital.

"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. Only past tin I marque a decision. If for immoderate crushed I request further time, I volition inquire the tribunal for that time."

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

The proceeding is connected Dec. 11, and the caller DA takes bureau connected Dec. 2, helium said.

His run has not committed to freeing the Menendez brothers oregon keeping them imprisoned.

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Joseph Menendez, who goes by his mediate sanction Lyle, and younger member Erik Menendez person been successful California prisons since 1996, serving sentences of beingness without the anticipation of parole for their parents' 1989 slayings.

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)

The brothers assertion they changeable their father, erstwhile RCA Records enforcement Jose Menendez, successful self-defense, arguing they thought helium was going to termination them aft they warned him they planned to exposure him arsenic a kid enactment abuser.

They besides killed their mother, Mary "Kitty" Menendez, who was sitting adjacent to Jose eating crystal pick successful their Beverly Hills surviving country erstwhile they opened fire.

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

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Nathan Hochman, who has been elected arsenic the adjacent Los Angeles County District Attorney, talks during a quality league successful Los Angeles, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,File)

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"As a campaigner Nathan has been wide that helium volition attack each lawsuit with the diligence and integrity that each unfortunate and suspect deserves," run spokesperson Stuart Pfeifer told Fox News Digital. "That includes thoroughly reviewing the facts and the instrumentality earlier making immoderate findings."

Without being successful office, Hochman doesn't person entree to each of the lawsuit files.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon addresses the media during a property league connected developments for the lawsuit of brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, successful Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)

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"Nathan understands however important this lawsuit is for galore Angelenos, and arsenic territory lawyer helium volition perfectly springiness it the attraction that it deserves and guarantee justness and fairness is exercised," Pfeifer said.

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Under a caller California instrumentality that gives territory attorneys successful the authorities the powerfulness to urge caller sentences successful old, settled cases, Gascon urged a Los Angeles justice conscionable days earlier the predetermination to see reducing the brothers' sentences of beingness imprisonment without the anticipation of parole to 50 years to beingness successful prison.  

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez beryllium with defence lawyer Leslie Abramson, right, successful Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

Due to different California laws, the simplification would marque them instantly eligible for parole hearings, adjacent though they'd request to walk different 20 years down bars to scope 50 for the shotgun murders of their parents.

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

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Whatever happens, Newsom has last accidental implicit the parole committee and their clemency request.

A abstracted habeas corpus petition is besides making its mode done the court, which would beryllium an further way to state if successful.