Los Angeles District Attorney (DA) Nathan Hochman filed a reply motion on Monday to withdraw a previous recommendation by former DA George Gascon to reduce the prison terms of 54-year-old Erik and 57-year-old Lyle Menendez.
Gascon had recommended in October 2024 that the Menendez brothers be resentenced with the possibility of parole instead of life in prison without parole.
Hochman believes the brothers have not exhibited “full insight and complete responsibility” for their crimes.
“We have now analyzed the original motion filed by the District Attorney’s office and saw that in no way, shape, or form did they deal with what we believe to be one of the key issues: this exhibition of full insight and complete responsibility for one’s crimes,” Hochman said during a Monday morning press conference….