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Los Angeles County District Lawyer Nathan Hochman says he’ll NOT recuse himself from the Erik and Lyle Menendez case … regardless of their legal professional calling for Hochman to step apart.
In new authorized docs, obtained by TMZ, Hochman says there is no authorized cause for him to recuse himself … and he blasts the protection for what he sees as a “drastic and determined step” … claiming they’re attempting to sidestep the central problem right here … resentencing, which Hochman opposes.
Erik and Lyle’s legal professional, Mark Geragos, beforehand referred to as for Hochman to recuse himself.
Hochman grew up in Beverly Hills and went to the identical highschool because the Menendez Bros … and the Menendez household and Geragos say Hochman has been retraumatizing the Menendez household … alleging he is violating Marsy’s Regulation rights for victims and claiming his choice to indicate crime scene photographs in an April court docket listening to was so upsetting it ended up placing an aged relative within the hospital.
Bryan Freedman, the legal professional for the Menendez household, blasted Hochman in a brand new assertion to TMZ, telling us … “Somewhat than do his actual job and take steps to cease the looting, smash and grabs, report variety of burglaries and different rampant felony conduct in Los Angeles, DA Hochman would relatively e-book appearances on TV and social media to indicate that he thinks childhood sexual abuse has no affect on human conduct.”
Freedman provides … “Verbally abusing the member of the family victims will not be an instance of being powerful on crime. This man is out of contact with actuality. His place that if Lyle and Erik admit to purported lies made 35 years in the past, that he would change his place is preposterous. It might get his face and identify within the media however clearly that issue will not be solely fallacious however has zero affect in any respect on whether or not they’re more likely to commit a harmful felony sooner or later.”
Eirk and Lyle have a court docket listening to set for subsequent Friday, the place the decide will presumably contemplate the recusal movement and handle the admissibility of a threat evaluation report.
As we have advised you, Governor Gavin Newsom ordered the state’s parole board again in February to conduct a threat evaluation of the brothers earlier than he made any clemency choice.
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Newsom says he plans to make use of the report as a part of a June 13 listening to, through which Erik and Lyle are supposed to look earlier than the board for particular person evaluations. After the listening to, the Governor plans to then make his choice on whether or not to grant them clemency.
Erik and Lyle have been convicted of murdering their dad and mom with shotguns of their Beverly Hills residence in 1989 and have been sentenced to life in jail with out the opportunity of parole.
Regardless of their sentence, Erik and Lyle hope their rehabilitation in jail will get them launched from jail. They’ve filed for resentencing, requested clemency and pushed for a brand new trial primarily based on what they are saying is newly unearthed proof.
