Menendez Brothers’ Clemency Consideration On Hold Until New L.A. DA Takes Office, Gavin Newsom Declares

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December 3 can’t come soon enough got the Menendez Brothers. The first week after Thanksgiving finds new Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman taking office.

As the former U.S. Assistant Attorney General made clear in his successful campaign against one-term incumbent George Gascón and since his November 5 landslide victory, one of the first things the new DA will be treating as a self-declared “high priority” is the move his predecessor began on October 24 on a potential resentencing of the long incarcerated siblings. “Once I take office on December 3, I look forward to putting in the hard work to thoroughly review the facts and law of the Menendez case, including reviewing the confidential prison files, the transcripts of the two trials and the voluminous exhibits, as well as speaking with the prosecutors, defense attorneys and victim family members,” Hochman said today.

With a December 11 resentencing hearing currently on the calendar, Hochman hasn’t given away where he stands on the high profile case.

However, after the late October one-two punch of clemency requests from the Menendezs to Gavin Newsom and “strong support” letters from the then-poll challenged Gascón, the California Governor has hit pause — at least for the time being. “The governor respects the role of the district attorney in ensuring justice is served and recognizes that voters have entrusted District Attorney-elect Hochman to carry out this responsibility,” Newsom’s office exclaimed on Monday in a statement that threw cold water on the hopes of the Menendez brothers, a legion of their family members and other supporters, including Gascón. “The governor will defer to the D.A.-elect’s review and analysis of the Menendez case prior