The Los Angeles District Attorney denied Eric and Lyle Menendez of the Killer Brothers, Friday's new trial, stopping one path to freedom for the infamous Malibu pair.
Da Nathan Hochman released his recommendation at a press conference 30 years after his brothers were convicted of shotgun murders of wealthy parents.
The convicted murderer was based on newly revealed evidence that Eric was abused by his father, Jose Menendez, including a memo detailing the abuse in 1988 and allegations from members of the band's Menudo. I was hoping for a new trial. Jose also abused him.
However, after considering the evidence, Hochmann did not purchase the brothers' argument. He argued that the evidence supporting the evidence was too weak to justify the new trial, and even at the first trial in the 1990s, he argued that self-defense claims were brothers. 'The fourth version of the event.
“What I believe is that they testified to that sexual abuse. They testified it in great detail. I also understand that there was a huge lack of information that supports its sexual abuse,” Hochman told reporters.
“And the fact that it was their fourth version — in other words, they came out first, saying, “We killed our parents, so our dad sexually abused us. They We didn't move on and when they're arrested, tell anyone that,” the DA continued.
Even if the court follows the DA's recommendations, hope will not be lost for the brothers who returned to the spotlight last year, following a hit Netflix documentary about their cases.
The pair also sought the court for parole eligibility based on pardon from the governor, evidence of rehabilitation and good behavior behind bars.
“Rehabilitation is not a problem with habeas and protection movements. [for a new trial]and I want to make it clear to Crystal that all the stories about rehabilitation are stories that focus on the movements of restinsing,” Hochmann said.
