Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer The challenger in the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney has accused incumbent George Gascón of using the Menendez brothers case to distract from his failures in office.
At a debate on Tuesday night, Nathan Hochman faulted Gascón for holding a press conference last week to announce that he was considering whether the brothers should be freed from prison. “The timing is incredibly suspicious,” Hochman said.
The Ryan Murphy series “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” debuted on Netflix last month, renewing interest in the brothers who are serving life sentences for killing their parents in 1989.
The brothers asked the court last year to be re-sentenced, after new evidence emerged that supported the defense claim that the father, Jose Menendez, was a sexual abuser.
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