The Menendez brothers' freedom bid could be thwarted after voters fired LA DA George Gascon

The Menendez brothers' state bid could beryllium thwarted after Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón mislaid his re-election bid connected November 5.

The LA DA who precocious shared his office's determination to urge the slayer brothers beryllium resentenced, was fired by voters as former US Assistant Attorney General Nathan Hochman claims the title.

Hochman has not yet revealed his stance connected the Menendez brothers - who are presently serving beingness sentences without parole for the murders of their parents Jose Menendez and Mary Louise 'Kitty' Menendez.

However, helium has antecedently slammed Gascon for his determination after the deed Netflix play Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story, caused the lawsuit to regain planetary attention.

Hochman said during an October debate: 'The timing is incredibly suspicious'.

But the caller LA DA, who whitethorn retreat Gascon's proposal regarding the brace - antecedently reassured during a LA Times and KNX News statement that if helium were elected helium 'would get deep, heavy into the facts.

'You would surely not person maine clasp a property league to archer you I'm conscionable reasoning astir it'.

While Gascon recommended resentencing, Hochman said  helium has to thoroughly reappraisal the lawsuit and the instrumentality earlier coming to immoderate decision.

'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,' Hochman said successful a statement.

'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 connection concludes, 'If for immoderate crushed I request further time, I volition inquire the tribunal for that time.' 

But with a resentencing proceeding acceptable for December 11, and Hochman expected to instrumentality bureau connected December 2, Hochman volition person lone a small implicit a week to marque a last decision.

Speaking to CNN Wednesday, Hochman said helium would determination arsenic 'expeditiously' arsenic imaginable to reappraisal the landmark case. 

'If I inquire for a delay, it won't beryllium a hold for delay's involvement due to the fact that I deliberation the Menendez brothers, the victims, household members, the nationalist merit to person a determination done arsenic soon arsenic it tin beryllium done successful a thorough manner,'he told the outlet.

Gascon  held a property league conscionable 2 weeks agone wherever helium recommended Erik and Lyle person a caller condemnation - 35 years aft they murdered their parents wrong their Beverly Hills mansion successful 1989.

His proposal was that they beryllium eligible for parole instantly - but it volition beryllium up to a tribunal to yet find the last condemnation for the brothers.

'I judge they person paid their indebtedness to society... and the strategy provides a conveyance for their lawsuit to beryllium reviewed by a tribunal of law,' Gascon said astatine the time.

The announcement came connected the backmost of mounting assemblage unit to reconsider the beingness sentences without parole Erik and Lyle received astatine their 1996 trial.

The brothers person ne'er denied sidesplitting their parents, but person agelong claimed they were driven to bash truthful aft suffering years of intersexual and carnal maltreatment astatine the hands of their businessman father.

The nationalist was unconvinced by their claims successful the 1980s, believing alternatively they were ruthless monsters.

But successful caller months, a TikTok question of much sympathetic fans and a duo of Netflix shows has won them favor.

Gascon approached the Menendez brothers' relatives erstwhile helium made his mode into the property league past month, greeting Kitty's sister Joan, 92, who has agelong advocated for her nephews' release.

A sympathetic Gascon told the packed room: 'I bash judge they were molested. They person been successful situation for astir 35 years. I judge that they person paid their indebtedness to society.

'After cautious review, I came to a spot wherever I judge that resentencing is appropriate.

'I americium going to urge that to a tribunal tomorrow. What that means, is that we're going to urge to the tribunal that beingness without anticipation of parole beryllium removed, and they beryllium sentenced for murder, which, due to the fact that determination were 2 murders involved, that's 50 years to life.

'But nether the law, due to the fact that astatine the clip they were nether 26 astatine the clip these crimes occurred, they volition beryllium eligible for parole immediately.'

It was a bittersweet announcement for the brothers' loved ones, including Erik's wife, Tammi Menendez, and Lyle's wife, Rebecca Sneed.

'Yesterday was a hard and affectional day,' Tammi wrote connected X/ Twitter, connected October 25. 

'I americium Grateful to DA Gascon for his courageousness to question re-sentencing for Erik. I americium people disappointed helium did not spell further and enactment connected his ain content that Erik and Lyle person served capable clip successful prison.'

Gascon had the accidental to urge the charges beryllium reduced to manslaughter, but helium opted against that due to the fact that 'these were intelligibly murders.'

'I don't judge manslaughter would person been the due complaint fixed the premeditation,' helium said.

'I judge these were intelligibly murders. I don't deliberation it would beryllium due to spell each the mode down to manslaughter.'

While Gascon hoped the Menendez brothers would soon beryllium freed, helium acknowledged that his bureau was profoundly divided implicit the case.

'We don't person a cosmopolitan agreement. There are radical successful the bureau that powerfully judge they should enactment successful situation the remainder of their life, they bash not judge they were molested,' helium said.

'And determination are radical successful the bureau that powerfully judge they should beryllium released immediately.

The re-examination of the lawsuit comes much than 35 years aft Jose and Kitty Menendez were fatally changeable by their sons, who were 21 and 18 astatine the time.

The brace were arrested little than a twelvemonth later, successful 1990, and convicted of first-degree execution successful 1996.