(Reuters) – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said on Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez after 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents. Hochman, in a press conference, also cast doubt on whether the Menendez brothers had been sexually abused by their parents – […]
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Los Angeles DA opposes Menendez brothers request for new trial
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(Reuters) – Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said on Friday he opposes a new trial for Lyle and Erik Menendez after 35 years in prison for the shotgun murder of their parents.
Hochman, in a press conference, also cast doubt on whether the Menendez brothers had been sexually abused by their parents – abuse the brothers say motivated them to kill their parents in 1989.
The Menendez brothers were convicted in 1996 of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
(Reporting by Brad Brooks in Colorado)