Los Angeles District Lawyer Nathan Hochman is delivering an replace on the Menendez brothers case as two convicted killers, Erik and Lyle, hope to have their sentences of life imprisonment lowered.
They’d beforehand exhausted all appeals and had no hope of freedom, till a brand new California regulation made resentencing hearings doable. Any discount may make them instantly eligible for parole.
The brothers’ resentencing listening to has been postponed following November’s Los Angeles district legal professional election, and was rescheduled to March 20 and 21.
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This mixture of two reserving photographs offered by the California Division of Corrections reveals Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez. (California Dept. of Corrections through AP, File)
The brothers killed their mother and father, Mary “Kitty” Menendez and Jose Menendez, with shotguns from behind of their Beverly Hills lounge in 1989.
They claimed self-defense, arguing that they have been afraid their father was going to kill them after they threatened to reveal him as a baby intercourse abuser.
Since then, roughly two dozen family have come out in assist of their freedom, together with Kitty’s sister Joan Andersen VanderMolen, 92.
Her brother, Milton Andersen, was the only real member of the family who spoke out publicly in opposition to their launch. He died on March 3 on the age of 90, in line with his legal professional – simply weeks earlier than his nephews have been anticipated to seem in entrance of a California decide.
Milton Andersen and his sister, Kitty Menendez, in an undated household photograph. Kitty was killed in a 1989 ambush taking pictures carried out by her personal sons. Anderson died earlier this month on the age of 90 because the household’s sole public voice opposing releasing his nephews, Erik and Lyle Menendez, from life imprisonment. (Courtesy of RJ Dreiling)
“Milton Andersen was a loyal and loving husband, father, and grandfather,” legal professional RJ Dreiling instructed Fox Information Digital. “He served his nation with honor as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division. Kitty Menendez wasn’t simply his sister—he helped elevate her after their father left after they have been younger. He beloved her deeply and missed her each single day.”
Andersen had vehemently opposed a sentence discount for his nephews and beforehand instructed Fox Information Digital he doesn’t imagine their claims of intercourse abuse towards their father.
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Erik Menendez (C) and his brother Lyle (L) are pictured on August 12, 1991 in Beverly Hills. (MIKE NELSON/AFP through Getty Photos)
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“It’s Milton Andersen’s continued perception that the claims of molestation have been made up, they usually have been false, and he believes that the appropriate verdict was issued by the jury and the right sentence was additionally dedicated,” his earlier legal professional, Kathleen Cady, instructed Fox Information Digital on the time. She later recused herself from his case with the intention to take a brand new function inside the DA’s workplace.
VanderMolen and different family within the pro-clemency faction met with former Los Angeles District Lawyer George Gascon to push for his or her freedom, however he by no means met with Andersen.
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Gascon initiated the push for sentence reductions however misplaced re-election to Nathan Hochman in November. Hochman then met with each side of the household.
Joan Andersen VanderMolen, sister of Kitty Menendez, speaks as members of the family of Erik and Lyle Menendez, the Beverly Hills brothers convicted of killing their mother and father, maintain a press convention on the Clara Shortridge Foltz Felony Justice Heart in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 16, 2024. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)
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“Milton was profoundly grateful that District Lawyer Nathan Hochman took the time to personally meet with him,” Dreiling stated. “He discovered consolation in understanding that Hochman was not solely well-versed within the info and the regulation but in addition approached their dialog with real compassion and concern. DA Hochman’s willingness to pay attention meant an amazing deal to Milton in his remaining days.”
Andersen spent 26 years within the Military and Military Reserve, serving with the 82nd Airborne and U.S. Military Particular Forces and retiring as a 1st sergeant, in line with an internet obituary.
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He’s survived by his spouse, Sandra Rose Andersen, three youngsters, 18 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
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