Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that his office will withdraw its motion to reduce the sentences in Erik and Lyle Menendez’s murder trial, citing repeated “lies” and fabricated evidence over the past 30 years.
The brothers are currently serving life without parole, following the brutal murders of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, in 1989.
After a thorough review of over 10,000s pages of trial transcripts, thousands of pages of prison records and hundreds of hours of videotaped trial testimony, the DA said that, though they will proceed with the scheduled hearing, they have removed the office’s prior resentencing request.