Defense Team Claims It Proves Long-Standing Allegations, File For Clemency

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has formally urged a judge to reject the Menendez brothers’ bid for a new trial, filing a 132-page brief that challenges the credibility of newly presented evidence and labels the request a “Hail Mary” attempt to overturn decades-old convictions.

Lyle and Erik Menendez have been serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the August 1989 shotgun killings of their parents, Jose and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menendez, inside the family’s Beverly Hills home. While admitting to the murders during two trials, the brothers argued they acted in self-defense after years of physical and sexual abuse.

The current petition, filed in May 2023, seeks a new trial based on

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