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Los Angeles DA Withdraws Recommendation Reducing Menendez Brothers’ Prison Sentence

Hochman said he believes that the brothers have not exhibited ‘full insight and complete responsibility’ for their crimes.
Los Angeles DA Withdraws Recommendation Reducing Menendez Brothers’ Prison Sentence
Lyle and Erik Menendez sit in Beverly Hills Municipal Court, where their attorneys delayed making pleas on behalf of the brothers who are suspected in the murders of their parents, on March 12, 1990. Nick Ut/AP Photo
Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
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Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman filed a reply motion on March 10 to withdraw a previous recommendation by former District Attorney George Gascón to reduce the prison terms of 54-year-old Erik Menendez and 57-year-old Lyle Menendez.

Gascón had recommended in October 2024 that the Menendez brothers be resentenced with the possibility of parole instead of life in prison without parole.

Juliette Fairley
Juliette Fairley
Freelance reporter
Juliette Fairley is a freelance reporter for The Epoch Times and NTD and a graduate of Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. Born in Chateauroux, France, and raised outside of Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, Juliette is a well-adjusted military brat. She has written for many publications across the country. Send Juliette story ideas at [email protected]