Inside new DA’s take on Menendez brothers’ case — and possible release: expert

nypost.com:

Erik and Lyle Menendez’s potential release from prison, one man will determine what that outcome could look like.The brothers are currently serving life sentences in prison for the 1989 murders of their parents Jose and Kitty Menendez.

In October 2024, Erik, 54, and Lyle, 57, were on the verge of release when then-L.A. District Attorney George Gascón filed a re-sentencing request that could have potentially freed them.But after Gascón lost his bid for re-election, the newly elected district attorney, Nathan Hochman, isn’t quite ready to open the prison doors.True Crime News journalist Ana Garcia sat down with Hochman, 61, to see which way the city official is leaning.“Hochman is a law and order kind of guy,” the Emmy award-winning journalist told The Post. “He is radically different from the last D.A., so he does believe in punishment for crimes.

But he has two cases here where he has to figure out something that has to do with basic fairness.”One of those cases, as Garcia added, “has to do with this new alleged evidence — if it can be proven that this is truly new evidence.”The new piece of evidence is a letter Erik allegedly wrote to his cousin, Andy Cano, relaying the torment he felt after years of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of his father.“He’s a prosecutor and he’s a man of the law,” continued Garcia. “So, we have to figure out — and there are procedures in place.