Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has filed a request to withdraw a motion filed by his predecessor that supported a resentencing for Erik and Lyle Menendez. Speaking to reporters at a March 10 press conference, Hochman said the brothers have failed to come clean about a motive or show self-reflection that would warrant a resentencing. The brothers were sentenced to life without parole in 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in Beverly Hills.
A motion in support of resentencing the brothers was filed last fall by former District Attorney George Gascón. The decision by Gascón was a contentious one during his 2024 reelection bid, in which he was ultimately unseated by Hochman.
