Los Angeles DA transfers 2 deputies who requested recognizance of case

Newly sworn-in Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman has transferred two deputies who petitioned a judge to grant parole to Erik and Lyle Menendez, who became a celebrity after their decades-old conviction was dramatized in Netflix’s “Monsters.”

Hochmann took over the DA’s office last week from the more progressive George Gascón, who vocally advocated outrage or mercy for the brothers. They are currently serving life sentences without the possibility of parole for the 1989 murders of their parents.

Deputies Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford filed a 57-page filing on Oct. 24 arguing for the “overwhelming” evidence of the brothers’ rehabilitation and asking that they be sentenced to 50 years to life, which would make them eligible for parole immediately.

Theberge, who led the resonance unit under Gascón, will be transferred to the office of the alternative public defender, while Lunsford is no longer part of the DA’s post-conviction unit, Black reported Wednesday.

The LA DA’s office did not immediately respond to TheWrap’s request for comment.

Wednesday was also the day Gascón was originally set for the hearing, but that has since been pushed until the end of January by judge Michael Jesic.

After the election, Hochman told TheWrap in a statement that he still needs to become “thoroughly familiar with the relevant facts, the evidence and the law” before making a decision on the brothers’ fate.

Celebrities including “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” co-creator Ryan Murphy, Kim Kardashian and Rosie O’Donnell have argued that in light of new evidence corroborating the Menendez brothers’ account of horrific sexual abuse, they should be pardoned . or given the option of parole.

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