Menendez Brothers’ Possible Early Release Still Not Decided, LA D.A. Declares; Family May Take Case To State Attorney General

deadline.com:

Less than a month before a California state judge could decide if the Menendez brothers get out of jail before they die, the Los Angeles County District Attorney today said he has “not” made a decision about recommendations to the court over the sibling’s fates.

Speaking not long after nearly three-hour meeting Friday with 20 members of the Menendez family who want to see lenience to their relatives, Nathan Hochman made sure not to play his hand on where he and his office is leaning.

In a hastily called press conference today, the D.A. termed the gathering with the family “off the record. Hochman would only say it was a “productive meeting.” “We are going to spend the time necessary to get this decision right,” Hochman went on to say Friday in language he used even before his landslide win over incumbent George Gascón and since, such as when he spoke to Deadline last month. “No decision has been made to speak with the Menendezs themselves,” Hochman added, even after saying he would talk to anyone impacted by the brothers’ horrific killing of their parents over 35 years ago.

Milton Andersen, the brother of the Menendez’s mother and the brothers’ uncle, has been very vocal in his opposition to any resentencing effort ever since a poll struggling  Gascón followed up on a habeas petition filed by Mark Geragos and fellow attorney Clifford Gardner last year and finally put forth a filing on resentencing that could get the Menendezs out years before their life without parole sentence is over.