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L.A. D.A. Candidate Nathan Hochman Calls Menendez Decision Timing 'Suspicious'
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10/25/2024
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón is trying to get the Menendez brothers out of prison to score some quick political points ... so says his opponent in November's election.
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Right now, at least, seems like D.A. Gascon is trying to fast-track this, and now it's
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in the hands of Judge Ryan.
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Do you feel like it's being rushed so that it gets done before you're in office?
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Yes.
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The timing is incredibly suspicious.
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In fact, the original habeas motion was filed in May of 2023.
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The resentencing request was submitted in February of 2024.
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So if Gascon truly believed that the menendeces should be resentenced, he's delayed eight
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to 16 months in making that decision.
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And since there is no deadline in filing a resentencing request, he could have filed
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it on November 6th, 7th, or 8th after the November 5th general election.
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By filing it 12 days before that election, when he's 30 points down in the polls, and
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there were headlines that came out recently that said that a double murderer got out of
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prison in four years because of Gascon's policy and murdered again, he has basically
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used the menendez case as a made-for-TV media event to distract voters' attention from his
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record of public safety failure.
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And that is very, very obvious by the timing of when he is doing all this.
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When the D.A. said that—acknowledged that public interest generated by documentaries,
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the Netflix series, had an impact here in getting this—moving up the date to actually
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have this resentencing, to file for the resentencing, your reaction to that?
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My reaction to that is that the D.A. is gaslighting the public when he says that.
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Again, he had that resentencing request fully formed in February of 2024.
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We had the habeas with all the new evidence that they have alleged to alter what should
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be the verdict in this case back in May of 2023.
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If Gascon truly believed that resentencing was appropriate, he could have made a decision
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8 to 16 months ago.
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So this is clearly—the timing is clearly politically motivated.
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And again, I don't know one way or the other whether or not the ultimate recommendation
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is appropriate, but I will if I have to make that decision after a thorough review.
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