Two prosecutors alleged Monday that they faced retaliation from new “tough on crime” D.A. Nathan Hochman because they supported sentence reductions for Lyle and Erik Menendez.
The prosecutors, Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford, drafted the 57-page petition last October arguing that the brothers had been rehabilitated. They also appeared at the Oct. 24 press conference, pictured above, where then-D.A. George Gascón announced he would ask a court to resentence the brothers, who are currently serving life without parole for the 1989 murders of their parents.
Less than two weeks later, Hochman defeated Gascón in the election. Soon after Hochman took office in December, Theberge was transferred against her
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