Incoming Los Angeles County district attorney could ask to delay Menendez brothers’ resentencing

Nathan Hochman, who defeated incumbent George Gascón in Tuesday’s election to become the next Los Angeles County district attorney, told CNN he could ask to delay a hearing to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced nearly 30 years after their convictions for murdering their parents.

Nathan Hochman, who defeated incumbent George Gascón in Tuesday’s election to become the next Los Angeles County district attorney, told CNN he could ask to delay a hearing to have Erik and Lyle Menendez resentenced nearly 30 years after their convictions for murdering their parents.

“Before I can make any decision about the Menendez brothers’ case, I will need to become thoroughly familiar with the relevant facts, the evidence and the law,” Hochman said in a statement.

“I will have to review the confidential prison files for each brother, the transcripts from both trials, and speak to the prosecutors, law enforcement, defense counsel, and the victims’ family members.”

The statement concludes, “If for some reason I need additional time, I will ask the court for that time.”

Hochman is expected to take office December 2, and the hearing to determine the request made by his predecessor is currently scheduled for December 11 – giving Hochman just nine days to review the case from inside his new office.

In an interview with CNN, Hochman said he would move as “expeditiously” as possible to review the case.

“If I ask for a delay, it won’t be a delay for delay’s sake because I think the Menendez brothers, the victims, family members, the public deserve to have a decision done as soon as it can be done in a thorough manner,” Hochman told CNN on Wednesday.