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Los Angeles D.A. Opposes Menendez Brothers’ Bid for New Trial, Citing ‘Lies and Deceit’

The Menendez brothers' case took a twist on Friday, as D.A. Nathan Hochman opposed a request for a new trial.

At a press conference, Hochman said he has concluded that supposed new evidence of sexual abuse should not affect the brothers’ guilty verdicts for murdering their parents, Jose and Kitty, in 1989. In an extensive presentation on Friday afternoon, Hochman noted that the letter was never raised during either of the brothers’ two trials, even though both Erik Menendez and Andy Cano testified and would have known about it. Last September, Netflix released a Ryan Murphy docuseries, “ Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” which attracted press attention and calls for Gascón to respond to the habeas petition.

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