Los Angeles DA opposes new trial for Menendez brothers over parents’ deaths

Nathan Hochman casts doubt on sexual abuse claims but declines to say whether he would support resentencing

Los Angeles's new tough-on-crime district attorney made clear on Friday he was taking a much less sympathetic view of Erik and Lyle Menendez's case, though his office has not yet announced what position it will take on the issue of whether the brothers should be resentenced.

Erik, 53, and Lyle, 56, Menendez were found guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of Jose and Kitty Menendez in 1989, and sentenced to life in prison without parole.