Freeing the Menendez brothers will take more than just watching Netflix, says New LA District Attorney

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The Menendez brothers may have had an unlikely ally in the Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón, but his successor does not necessarily appear to be as motivated by public opinion.

LADA selected Nathan Hochman will take over the role on December 2, and he further explained that if Lyle and Erik Menendez’s case lands on his desk, it will requires much more work than just watching a TV show.

“You really have to get beyond the Netflix documentary,” Hochman told me “Good Morning America” on Thursday. “If you decide this case based on just watching a Netflix documentary, you do a disservice to the Menendez brothers, to the victims’ family members, to the public.”

Gascón had previously recommended outrage and even mercy to the Menendez Bros. following the success of Netflix’s “Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story” and other similar documentaries. However, he was voted out in last week’s election, potentially delaying the chance of the pair being released by Christmas.

“Part of the problem with Gascón’s timing of his decision is that there is a cloud over that credibility. Is it a fair decision or was it a political ploy?” Hochman asked. “There will be no cloud over any decision I make.”

“I’m not going to ask for a delay just for the sake of delay, we’re going to ask for the minimum amount of time necessary to do this work because we owe it to the Menendez brothers, we owe it to the public to get this resolved, ” he concluded.

Last week, Hochman told TheWrap that he intends to become “thoroughly familiar with the relevant facts, the evidence and the law” before making a decision. Related hearings are set for both later this month and in December.

Lyle and Erik, who are now 56 and 53 respectively, have been imprisoned since he was found guilty of the 1989 double murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez. Both were initially given life sentences without the possibility of parole in 1996.

“Monsters: The Erik and Lyle Menendez Story” and “The Menendez Brothers” doc are both available to stream on Netflix.

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