The District Attorney said he didn't believe the evidence met the rigorous or narrow standards to either vacate the conviction or give the brothers a retrial.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said on Friday, Feb. 21, that his office will oppose a motion by defense attorneys seeking a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in Beverly Hills.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recommended Friday that a judge reject Erik and Lyle Menendez’s request for a new trial in the 1989 killings of their parents – a petition the brothers filed over their claims of new evidence of abuse by their father.

Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman said Friday that he'll revisit the issue of resentencing the brothers, who are serving life terms for killing their parents in 1989.

The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is pushing back after District Attorney Nathan Hochman, during a press conference, laid out in painstaking detail why the evidence the brothers have offered alleging sexual abuse by their father doesn't mean they should receive a new trial.

The chief prosecutor in Los Angeles will oppose an attempt by Erik and Lyle Menendez to get a new trial for the murder of their parents, he said Friday.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman has said his office will oppose a motion by attorneys seeking a new trial for Erik and Lyle Menendez.