Attorneys for Erik and Lyle Menendez are contesting Los Angeles prosecutors' involvement in their resentencing case, arguing for their removal. The brothers have been in prison since 1996 for the 1989 murders of their parents, claiming self-defense due to longstanding abuse. Former DA George Gascon had expressed openness to reducing their sentences, but current DA Nathan Hochman opposes it, citing a lack of accountability from the brothers. The defense claims Hochman's actions warrant the case's removal from his office, suggesting it be reassigned to the state attorney general.
'While Hochman's conduct is the focus of defense attorneys' petition, they want the case entirely removed from the Los Angeles district attorney's office, in which case the state attorney general's office would usually step in.'
'Defense attorneys argued the brothers acted out of self-defense after years of sexual abuse by their father, while prosecutors said the brothers killed their parents for a multimillion-dollar inheritance.'
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