Governor Gavin Newsom postponed a clemency decision for the Menendez brothers, awaiting a review from the incoming Los Angeles district attorney, Nathan Hochman.
George Gascon, the current DA, stated Lyle and Erik Menendez had paid their debt to society and recommended they be resentenced for their 1989 parental killings.
Voters ousted Gascon, leading to Hochman, who accused Gascon of politically motivated timing in recommending resentencing just weeks before the election.
The Menendez brothers, now in their 50s, maintain they acted in self-defense against their parents due to years of abuse, while prosecutors labeled them cold-blooded killers.
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