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Menendez Case: New D.A. Replaces Deputies Who Sought Resentencing
D.A. Nathan Hochman has removed two deputies who petitioned a court to reduce the sentences of Lyle and Erik Menendez.
The new Los Angeles County District Attorney has removed the two deputies who sought to reduce the sentences of Lyle and Erik Menendez from his office’s post-conviction unit. The two deputies submitted a 57-page filing on Oct. 24 arguing that the Menendez brothers had shown “overwhelming” evidence of rehabilitation, and should be resentenced to 50 years to life, which would make them immediately eligible for parole. “We now understand that public safety is not best achieved through overly harsh punishments that ignore rehabilitation,” they wrote in the filing, adding that the brothers “have transformed and taken advantage of meaningful opportunities to mature, move beyond criminal thinking, repent, and become productive community members.”
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