New Los Angeles DA asks 'what's the point' in watching Menendez brothers series upon taking over their case

New Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has a connection for fans of Erik and Lyle Menendez: don’t unreserved to judgement arsenic their Dec. 11 resentencing proceeding approaches. 

Hochman, 60, told The Daily Beast helium thinks galore fans of the Menendez brothers' true-crime bid don’t afloat recognize the case.

The Menendez brothers, present 53 and 56, are serving beingness without parole astatine the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility successful San Diego, aft they were convicted of murdering their parents, José and Kitty Menendez, with a shotgun successful 1989.

Hochman says the abrupt involvement successful the Menendez brothers is apt due to the fact that of a Netflix series and documentary astir their crimes. To enactment focused, the incoming DA said helium hasn’t watched either. 

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Nathan Hochman astatine the Los Angeles territory lawyer candidates forum astatine Pacific Palms Resort.  (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

"I didn’t privation to spot them," helium said. "What’s the point? I’d alternatively work the book."

Hochman admitted helium lone remembers bits and pieces of the lawsuit from 30 years ago, but that’s wherefore helium plans to cautiously excavation into the facts. The Menendez lawsuit is simply a "high priority," Hochman told The Daily Beast.  

Hochman added, "Any clip a peculiar lawsuit gets this level of attention, it’s adjacent that much important to get it right."

Hochman, Republican, decisively won the spot earlier this month, earning 61.46% of the vote, portion Democrat incumbent George Gascón had 38.54%, according to information released from the Los Angeles County registrar’s office. He says helium won’t beryllium swayed by personage endorsements, including from property Kim Kardashian and histrion Cooper Koch, who played Erik Menendez successful the Netflix series.

Before leaving office, Gascón asked a justice to trim the brothers’ charges to manslaughter, which immoderate accidental was a determination to assistance his reelection campaign. 

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Erik Menendez, left, and his member Lyle, perceive during a pretrial hearing, connected Dec. 29, 1992, successful Los Angeles, aft the 2 pleaded guiltless successful the August 1989 shotgun deaths of their affluent parents, Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills, Calif. (Vince Bucci/AFP via Getty Images)

Some superfans besides hoped that the brothers could beryllium released arsenic soon arsenic Thanksgiving aft filing a habeas corpus petition successful May of past twelvemonth with a proceeding scheduled for Nov. 26, but their resentencing proceeding is acceptable for December 11. Hochman is expected to petition an hold from the judge. 

The Menendez household has called for the brothers’ contiguous release, asking to skip the parole process. But adjacent if a justice agrees to resentencing, parole could inactive instrumentality a year. On apical of that, Gov. Gavin Newsom could artifact their release.

Another anticipation is clemency from Newsom. On the case, helium said, "What matters are the facts. What matters is justness and fairness. Not treating them immoderate worse due to the fact that they’re celebrities, not treating them immoderate better."

The brothers admitted to sidesplitting their parents, but claimed it was self-defense aft years of intersexual maltreatment by their father. Prosecutors argued that wasn’t true, saying the brothers killed for money. 

Erik Menendez listens arsenic his lawyer Leslie Abramson speaks, portion his member Lyle sits successful a Los Angeles courtroom, March 9, 1994.  (Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images)

Prosecutors astatine the clip pointed to a $700,000 spending spree successful the weeks aft the murders, including Porsche vehicles and Rolex watches. The assemblage agreed, sentencing them to beingness without parole. Though primitively successful abstracted prisons, the brothers were reunited successful San Diego successful 2018.

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Hochman volition officially presume the presumption of Los Angeles County DA connected Dec. 2.

He did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.