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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Dani Anguiano

Menendez brothers: LA district attorney asks court to rescind resentencing motion

Men line up in court
Lyle Menendez, second left, and his brother, Erik, second right, with their attorneys Gerald Chaleff and Robert Shapiro at a hearing in Beverly Hills in March 1990. Photograph: Nick Ut/AP

The Los Angeles district attorney has said he is opposed to the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, who have been in prison for decades for the 1989 killings of their parents, and said the brothers first needed to acknowledge and fully accept responsibility for the murders.

Nathan Hochman said at a press conference on Monday that he would ask the court to withdraw the resentencing motion filed in the case by his predecessor George Gascón. The new DA, who took office in December, said last month that he did not believe the brothers should receive a new trial.

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