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District Attorney Hochman made it clear today he is holding Erik, Lyle, and our family hostage,
a statement from the family-led Justice for Erik and Lyle Coalition reads
Sexual abuse is abhorrent, and we will prosecute sexual abuse in any form it comes. While sexual abuse, in this situation, may have been a motivation for Erik and Lyle to do what they did, it does not constitute self-defense."
DA Nathan J. Hochman in a press conference on February 21
Our position is that they shouldn't get out of jail,
Hochman said on MondayWhen it came to any corroborating information about the sexual abuse, it was extremely lacking,
he said on February 21.This initial step reflects the governor's considered decision to at least obtain the information required to make a fair decision as to whether Erik and Lyle, after 35 years in prison, have done the hard work necessary to have a chance at a life outside prison."
Attorneys for the brothers, Mark Geragos and Cliff Gardner, said in reference to Newsom opening a parole risk assessment for the brothersWe have laid out a pathway for the Menendez brothers to potentially get out of jail. It requires them to finally, after 30-plus years, fully acknowledge and completely accept responsibility for the entire breadth of the crimes and all the lies that they have told,
Hochman told a press conference
In the future the court can weigh these new insights into making a determination in to whether they now qualify for rehabilitation and resentencing,
he said
We are prepared to go forward
Hochman said in regard to the resentencing hearing
However, we are asking the court to withdraw the previous district attorney's motion for resentencing, because we believe there are legitimate reasons and the interests of justice justifies that withdrawal,
he addedAs a full examination of the record reveals, the Menendez brothers have never come clean and admitted that they lied about their self-defense as well as suborned perjury and attempted to suborn perjury by their friends for the lies, among others, of their father violently raping Lyle’s girlfriend, their mother poisoning the family, and their attempt to get a handgun the day before the murders,
he saidIf they were to finally come forward with an unequivocal and sincere admission, fully accepting responsibility for their false claims of self-defense and their attempts to suborn perjury, then the Court should consider such new insight when evaluating rehabilitation and resentencing—just as the People will."
He addedThe District Attorney’s Office is prepared to proceed forward with the hearing on the Court’s initiation of resentencing proceedings for the Menendez brothers but we are requesting that the prior District Attorney’s motion for resentencing be withdrawn,
Hochman said in a statement
Milton was profoundly grateful that District Attorney Nathan Hochman took the time to personally meet with him,
Dreiling said
It’s Milton Andersen’s continued belief that the claims of molestation were made up, and they were false, and he believes that the correct verdict was issued by the jury and the correct sentence was also committed,
his previous attorney, Kathleen Cady, told Fox News Digital at the timeMilton Andersen was a devoted and loving husband, father, and grandfather,
attorney RJ Dreiling told Fox News Digital