The Menendez brothers' family fears their case is in jeopardy after progressive DA is ousted from his position

The family of the Menendez brothers has pleaded with caller Los Angeles District Attorney Nate Hochman to determination guardant with their resentencing, telling DailyMail.com exclusively ‘They should nary longer person to suffer’.

Lyle, 56, and Erik, 53, person been locked up since March 1990 erstwhile they were arrested for the murders of their parents José and Kitty astatine their Beverly Hills home.

Last month, progressive Democrat DA George Gascón revealed helium had recommended the brothers for resentencing and said helium wanted to spot the pair’s speedy release.

But connected Election Day, Los Angeles County voters dramatically booted Gascon retired and replaced him with Republican turned-Independent Hochman – jeopardizing the resentencing process.

Hochman, 60, takes bureau connected December 2 and has already said helium plans to reappraisal Gascón's determination connected the brothers.

In a connection to CNN following his victory, helium said: ‘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 erstwhile national authoritative added: ‘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.

The brothers' lawsuit has been thrust backmost into the spotlight 35 years aft the killings acknowledgment to the fashionable Netflix docuseries Monsters.

On December 11, a proceeding connected the brother's resentencing is scheduled. But Hochman told CNN that if helium needs much clip to reappraisal the request, helium 'will inquire the tribunal for that time'. 

In an exclusive connection to DailyMail.com addressed to Hochman, the Menendez household lawyer said neither the brothers nor their household should ‘have to suffer’ immoderate longer.

The connection read: ‘The 24 household members I correspond are some victims and the household of those that person been sentenced. They should nary longer person to suffer.

‘It's clip Erik and Lyle Menendez are released for theirs and their family's sake. These men person served their clip and proven themselves to beryllium exemplary citizens during their incarceration contempt nary anticipation of release. It’s clip they and the household are allowed to heal.’

Referring to the intersexual maltreatment allegedly inflicted connected some brothers by their father, the connection went on: ‘Childhood intersexual maltreatment is not gender-based, and a nonaccomplishment to admit that sets an highly unsafe precedent.

‘Politics should not basal successful the mode of doing the close thing. I would find it hard to judge Nathan Hochman would consciousness differently.

‘My clients and my squad are excited to proceed the pursuit of state for the brothers, alongside the DA elect, the politician and anyone committed to upholding existent justice.’

Gascón announced his determination to prosecute resentencing successful the brothers’ lawsuit connected October 16, aft receiving a missive written by Lyle to a cousin, months earlier the murders, detailing the intersexual maltreatment helium claimed to endure astatine the hands of his father.

He besides heard from erstwhile Menudo lad set subordinate Roy Rosselló, who claimed Jose raped him during a sojourn to the family’s Pennsylvania location erstwhile helium was 14.

Asked astir the brothers’ lawsuit successful the run-up to the November 6 election, Gascón said: ‘I judge that they person paid their indebtedness to society, and I bash judge the brothers were subjected to a tremendous magnitude of dysfunction successful the location and molestation.’

Last week, household sources told DailyMail.com that the brothers’ merchandise is simply a peculiarly urgent substance for them owed to the declining wellness of their aged household members, among them their aunt Terry Baralt, 85, who is battling colorectal cancer.

The Menendez brothers are presently some locked up astatine the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility successful San Diego, California, wherever some are serving beingness without parole for the shotgun slayings of their parents.

Both admitted to the gruesome killings, but said they snapped aft enduring years of intersexual maltreatment astatine José's hands and did it successful self-defense.

That statement fell level astatine their 1993 trial, with prosecutors successfully arguing that the murders were carried retired for fiscal summation aft the brothers went connected a $700,000 spending spree successful the weeks aft their parents’ murder.

As a result, they were some handed beingness without parole and sent to abstracted prisons - though they yet reunited astatine the San Diego lock-up successful 2018.

The brothers’ lawsuit has repeatedly hit the headlines since their 1993 trial, astir precocious pursuing the merchandise of the smash deed Netflix bid Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.

The blockbuster amusement powered a caller circular of stories to look and led to them being visited successful situation by Kim Kardashian - who is simply a long-standing advocator for the incarcerated.

In summation to the resentencing decision, their defence squad besides submitted a bid for clemency to California Governor Gavin Newsom connected October 28.

Newsom has yet to marque a determination connected the request.