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LA District Attorney's office asks for more time to respond to Menendez brothers' petition to challenge convictions
The LA County District Attorney’s office has asked the court to delay the deadline for its response to the petition until December 20, 2024.
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LA District Attorney's office to respond to Menendez brothers' petition to challenge convictions
Lyle and Erik Menendez now are awaiting a response from the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office related to their effort to challenge the 1996 murder convictions.
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Father of missing Hawaii woman found dead in apparent suicide in Los Angeles, LAPD says
Ryan Kobayashi, the father of a missing Hawaii woman, has died after an apparent suicide, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
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Educator accused of molesting multiple students arrested in Ventura County
Authorities announced the arrest of David Lane Braff Jr. on Friday, who is accused of molesting eight children at McKevett Elementary School in Santa Paula.
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Menendez brothers to have a court hearing in Van Nuys on Monday. Here's what it means
The Menendez brothers’ request to challenge the validity of their murder convictions is expected to be heard at a Van Nuys courtroom Monday morning.
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‘Good chance' next LA County DA will seek delay in Menendez brothers re-sentencing case, sources say
Los Angeles county’s next top prosecutor will likely seek a delay in the Menendez brothers’ re-sentencing case at a December hearing as he seeks to review facts and evidence in the decades-old case, multiple sources close to Los Angeles County District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman told NBC News.
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Menendez brothers case sent to Van Nuys courthouse for resentencing request
The request by Los Angeles County prosecutors to reduce the prison sentences for brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life-without-parole terms for murdering their parents with shotgun blasts in 1989 inside the family’s Beverly Hills home, will be heard at the Van Nuys Courthouse. The case was transferred to Van Nuys Friday by the presiding judge of the…
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Read the Menendez brothers resentencing memo filed by the LA County DA
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office filed its motion requesting resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez late Thursday, just after DA George Gascón announced he supported reducing their prison terms to allow for their release on parole. “Defendants have demonstrated they no longer present a public safety risk …such that their current sentence is no longer in furtherance...
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Menendez brothers: What's next?
After Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said he will recommend the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez, what could happen to the brothers in the coming days?
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Drugs, gangs, and guns. Why more local cases are being diverted for prosecution
Editor’s note: this article has been updated to reflect additional responses and information provided to NBC4 after publication by the LA County District Attorney’s Office A variety of local law enforcement officials say arrests and investigations traditionally prosecuted by the LA County District Attorney’s Office, including certain drug, gang, and gun cases, are being re-routed more frequently by police...
