Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has asked a court to deny a petition for a new trial filed by Lyle and Erik Menendez, arguing that the new evidence presented lacks credibility due to a history of deception by the brothers.
At a Feb. 21 press conference, Hochman detailed why he believes the petition, which seeks to vacate the brothers’ convictions, should be rejected.
“We believe it’s inconceivable, as we’ve argued in our papers, and defies common sense, that if they had evidence that would show that sexual abuse had been communicated not just six years before the events, but nine months before the 1989 killings, that it would absolutely have come out during one or both of their testimonies,” Hochman said during the press conference….