Brothers Menendez
The renowned hearing has grown
Geragos accuses Da de bias, demands his challenge
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THE Brothers Menendez The referral hearing ended for the day … and will not continue on Friday, as initially planned.
The next hearing is scheduled for May 9 and will address the eligibility of a risk assessment report … and the defense lawyer for the brothers Mark Geragos should deposit for the county district prosecutor of the Nathan Hochman be personally challenged from the case. Hochman grew up in Beverly Hills and went to the same high school as Menendez Bros.
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At a press conference after today's hearing, Geragos has repeatedly accused the DA office – and specifically Hochman – to shrink the Menendez family. A family member was hospitalized after photos of crime places were presented to court on April 11. Bryan FreedmanWho represents members of the Menendez family, said that he wanted to ensure their Marsy law rights are respected.
Tamara MenendezA cousin, spoke at the post-paying press conference on Thursday, and said that she felt depreciated by Hochman during a tête-à-tête meeting … Incitted Geragos to call him an abusive attack and to claim that Hochman is “in series” traumatizing the family.
No testimony will be heard during the hearing of May 9, although the family is invited to attend. The question of whether the hearing is open to the public is still being determined. Geragos has still not seen the Risk evaluation reportAnd wait to receive it.
Hochman himself has deposited a Last minute motion Wednesday Night at the Superior Court of the county of the to prevent the eagerly awaited hearing today, arguing that the court needs time to examine the risk assessment report of California Word for Erik and Lyle Menendez. The judge rejected this request and today's hearing has advanced.
As you know, the governor Gavin Newsom ordered the State's conditional libertions commission in February to assess the brothers' risks before any leniency decision could be made.
Newsom plans to use the report as part of a June 13 hearing, in which Erik and Lyle appear before the board of directors For their individual criticisms. After the hearing, Newsom will then make its decision on the advisability of giving leniency to the brothers.
Erik and Lyle were found guilty of having shot their parents to death with hunting rifles in their house in Beverly Hills in 1989 and were finally condemned for life without the possibility of parole.
Despite their sentence, the brothers have actively worked the legal system in the hope of freeing themselves from prison, especially in the past two years. They made a renowned request, asked for the leniency and put pressure for a new trial based on newly discovered evidence.
