{"id":2421294,"date":"2025-04-08T15:54:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-da-wont-resentence-menendez-brothers-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-04-08T15:57:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T19:57:40","slug":"la-da-wont-resentence-menendez-brothers-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/la-da-wont-resentence-menendez-brothers-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"LA DA won&#8217;t resentence Menendez brothers &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fla-da-wont-resentence-menendez-brothers-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2421294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has stated that he will only consider resentencing Lyle and erik menendez if they openly acknowledge what he describes as a &#8220;lie&#8221; in their self-defense claim regarding the murder of their parents. The Menendez brothers, who have been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-to-release-76000-inmates-early-to-cut-prison-population\/\" title=\"Calif. to release 76,000 inmates early to cut prison population\">serving life sentences<\/a> without the possibility of parole for nearly 30 years, recently filed motions seeking new sentences. Hochman argues that true rehabilitation involves full accountability for their actions, emphasizing that their story about acting in self-defense is a fabrication. He compares their situation to that of Sirhan sirhan, who was denied parole despite being granted it by the parole board due to a lack of insight into his crime. The Menendez brothers maintain their innocence and continue to assert their claims of abuse, which they say motivated their actions. Their case has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">gained renewed public interest<\/a> following a recent Netflix documentary. California Governor Gavin Newsom is considering a clemency review of their situation, which will include risk assessments to inform future sentencing decisions.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">LA DA won&rsquo;t resentence Menendez brothers until they give up &lsquo;lie&rsquo; about parent&rsquo;s murder<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2086271\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Los Angeles District Attorney <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3359115\/los-angeles-district-attorney-nathan-hochman-death-penalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Nathan Hochman\">Nathan Hochman<\/a> said he would only consider resentencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3332213\/gavin-newsom-determination-clemency-menendez-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Lyle and Erik Menendez\">Lyle and Erik Menendez<\/a> after they &ldquo;come clean&rdquo; about their self-defense claim for murdering their parents.<\/p>\n<p>The Menendez brothers are 30 years into their life sentences without the possibility of parole over their respective first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minneapolis-reconsiders-drops-program-to-pay-social-media-influencers-during-chauvin-trial\/\" title=\"Minneapolis Reconsiders, Drops Program To Pay Social Media Influencers During Chauvin Trial\">-degree murder charges<\/a>. Recently the brothers, now 57 and 56, began filing motions to pursue new sentences for themselves, which is opposed by Hochman because the pair do not seem entirely rehabilitated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3373234\/witness-ryan-routh-trump-assassination-attempt\/\">Ryan Routh seeks to suppress eyewitnesses of Trump assassination attempt<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3372462\/russia-reduces-prison-time-us-soldier-accused-theft\/\">Russia reduces prison time for US soldier accused of theft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3372108\/illegal-immigrant-charged-virginia-man-murder-found-woman-home\/\">Illegal immigrant charged with stabbing to death Virginia man found in woman&#8217;s home<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We have argued that rehabilitation includes exhibiting the full insight into the breadth of your criminal conduct. In this case, the Menendezes presented a lie in their main defense, which is that they engaged in self-defense, purportedly by shooting their parents on the night of Aug. 20, 1989, because they thought their parents were going to murder them that night. That turns out to be a complete fabrication,&rdquo; Hochman said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Hochman compared the Menendez brothers to Sirhan Sirhan, who, at 77 years old, was granted parole but had his case vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA). Sirhan was convicted for the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy. Both the Menendez brothers and Sirhan were designated by their respective prisons with the lowest risk scores.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2881532&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=10455&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=9b468cd439eed122fad729289bf57074\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;[Newsom] said Sirhan Sirhan did not exhibit that full insight into his criminal conduct even though he was 77 years old and in diminishing health and had the lowest prison scores,&rdquo; Hochman said. &ldquo;I think what you will see is the Menendezes have been given multiple chances to come clean and finally admit all the lies that they have told. For whatever reason, they haven&rsquo;t done it so far.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 for the murder of their parents, Jos&eacute; and Kitty Menendez. Both Lyle and Erik claimed they had long been sexually abused by their father while their mother was privy to the abuse, which motivated them to shoot both of them to death in 1989.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3332213\/gavin-newsom-determination-clemency-menendez-brothers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>GAVIN NEWSOM BEGINS &lsquo;DETERMINATION OF CLEMENCY&rsquo; FOR MENENDEZ BROTHERS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The complicated nature of the Menendez case prompted the first criminal case against them to result in a mistrial. However, in their second trial, they were both convicted and are serving life sentences. A recent dramatic retelling of their trial, plus a documentary on Netflix, have thrust their names into the public sphere once more as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/newsom-begins-determination-of-clemency-for-menendez-bros-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Newsom begins &#039;determination of clemency&#039; for Menendez bros - Washington Examiner\">clemency considerations rise<\/a>. Even while recording the documentary for Netflix, the brothers stood by their claims that they were acting in self-defense.<\/p>\n<p>Newsom has already called for a risk assessment of both Lyle and Erik. Risk assessments are conducted by public safety experts and forensic psychologists and tend to precede clemencies. Additionally, Newsom promised to publicize the findings to the judges who will rule over the recent sentencing motion in LA Superior Court and Hochman. As governor, Newsom has the authority to grant any Californian clemency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2086271\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2086271\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA DA won&#8217;t resentence Menendez brothers until they admit &#8216;lie&#8217; about parents&#8217; murder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2421295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nathan-Hochman-LA-DA-March-2025.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53083,43675,53084],"class_list":["post-2421294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-la-da","tag-menendez-brothers","tag-resentence"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Nathan-Hochman-LA-DA-March-2025.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2421294"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2421298,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2421294\/revisions\/2421298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2421295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2421294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2421294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2421294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}