Menendez Brothers ‘Shouldn’t Get Out’ as New DA Pulls Motion (1)

Erik and Lyle Menendez no longer have the backing of the Los Angeles District Attorney in their bid to leave prison after Nathan J. Hochman walked back his predecessor’s recommendation that the brothers become eligible for parole in the infamous slaying of their parents.

“They shouldn’t get out of jail,” Hochman said at a press conference. The DA’s office would only recommend resentencing if the brothers “unequivocally, sincerely, and fully accept complete responsibility for all of their criminal actions,” he said.

The Menendez brothers are each serving life sentences, without the possibility of parole, for the 1989 double murder of ...