California Governor Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to conduct a “comprehensive risk assessment investigation” On Erik and Lyle Menendez, Determine whether they are released from prison or not pose an “unreasonable risk.”
Newsom made the announcement Wednesday in a part of his podcast “This is Gavin Newsom.”
“The board’s question is a simple question – whether Erik and Lyle Menendez constitute a trend, we call it “unreasonable risk of public safety.”
“Risk assessment will be conducted where it is usually done – public safety experts and forensic psychologists.”
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Newsom describes the evaluation as “a common procedure implemented by the state.”
“After that, hearings will be held, such as standard parole hearings, which give District Attorneys and victims the opportunity to be part of the process,” the governor’s office shared in a statement.
Newsom’s office explains California’s legal standard for release on parole is whether prisoners pose an unreasonable risk to public safety, which must be determined before the governor can decide on his commute.
“This process does not mean any guaranteed results, but it shows that we are conducting due diligence to ensure transparency, keep public safety at the forefront, ensure that the process is fair to everyone involved and is getting closer to the conclusion,” Newsom’s office said.
Back in November, Newsom said he would postpone any decisions regarding the Menendez brothers’ case to district courts and prosecutors.
“The governor respects the role of the district attorney in ensuring justice and recognizes that voters have entrusted elected district attorney Hodgman to carry out this responsibility,” Newsom’s office says In the previous statement. “The governor will deliver it to the DA-elect to review and analysis of the Menendez case before making any broad-minded decision.”
Newsom’s office told Fox News Digital that the governor’s decision is part of a larger announcement on the implementation of the forgiveness action, which he will release later Wednesday.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom asked the National Parole Board to conduct a “risk assessment investigation” with Erik and Lyle Menendez, which he said was a common procedure conducted in the state.
Newsom said the results of the risk assessment will be shared with the Los Angeles Superior Court judge who chaired the case, as well as Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman and defense attorneys.
“The results are not guaranteed here,” Newsom said. “My office has conducted dozens of leniency surveys on a consistent basis, but the process just provides greater transparency, which I think is important in this case and I will give us more due diligence until I make any determination about leniency.”
Less than a week after Hochman asked the court to reject a new trial request from the Menendez Brothers.
Hochman cited the question of evidence, claiming that the issue did not meet a high enough standard for a new trial.
This was the previous few months Da George Gascon New evidence was cited in the form of a letter that suggests that the brothers may have been abused by their fathers as the cause of the new trial.
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The upcoming Los Angeles County Da Nate Hochman said he had not seen any media about the Menandes brothers before he took office. (Getty Image)
“We looked at it again The credibility of the letterThis 1988 letter from Andy Cano puts pressure on the continuity of lies, which raises huge questions, is actually a letter written by Erik Menendez about this kind of sexual abuse in 1988. ”
The letter was allegedly written eight months before Erik Menendez’s murder of parents Jose and Kitty Menendez, his cousin Andy Cano, and was involved in detail alleged sexual abuse by his father.
Menandes’ lawyers said the letter was not discovered until a few years ago.
The family of the Menendez brothers condemned Hochman’s decision in a previous statement shared by their legal team with Fox News Digital.
“District Attorney Nathan Hochman brought us back to 1996 today. He opened the wound we spent decades trying to heal,” the statement said. “He didn’t listen to us. We were very disappointed with his remarks, in which he effectively tore up new evidence and discredited the trauma they experienced. Impressed that years of abuse would not only lead to the tragedy of 1989, which was not only cruel, but dangerous.
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On August 12, 1991, Erik Menendez (C) and his brother Lyle (L) were in Beverly Hills. They are accused of killing Jose and Mary Louise Menendez of Beverly Hills, California (Mike Nelson/AFP via Getty Images)
“Abuse doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It leaves lasting scars, rewires the brain, and puts the victim into a cycle of fear and trauma. To say it has no effect in Erik and Lyle’s actions is to ignore decades of psychological research and basic human understanding.”
The statement added that it was “ridiculous” that Hockman said the evidence should be submitted at trial.
Hochman also noted that Newsom has a wide large petition at his desk, “He can do whatever he wants at any time he wants and we will deal with the discussion in the next few weeks.”
If Hochman’s office continues to follow this path of interest, Newsom still has the final say. If the brothers’ judgment is reduced to something eligible for parole, the governor has a veto on the decision of the parole board. He can also issue leniency or pardon himself.
The resentment hearing was driven back for nearly two months due to the devastating wildfires in California.
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Lyle and Erik Menendez Ritzy Beverly Hills Home And sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
The brothers claimed they shot their father in self-defense, former RCA record executive Jose Menendez, who thought they thought he was going to kill him after he thought he was planning to expose him as a child sexual abuser.
They also killed mother Mary “Kitty” Menendez, who sat next to ice cream in the living room next to Jose.
Their First trial When jurors are unable to reach a consensus on their own destiny, they end up with misjudgment. After a second trial in the mid-1990s, some evidence of their alleged sexual abuse was left out, and jurors agreed with the prosecutor’s motives.
Michael Ruiz, Michael Dorgan and Brie Stimson of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
Stepheny Price is a writer at Fox News Digital and Fox Business. She covers topics including missing persons, homicides, state crime cases, illegal immigration and more. Story tips and ideas can be sent to stepheny.price@fox.com
