Menendez brothers prosecutor asks court to withdraw request for reduced sentences

Deputy public prosecutor Habib Bailan begins the listening to by calling step one for lowered conviction by expelled da George Gascon, who misplaced re -election final yr, politically motivated.

It got here “two weeks earlier than an election, when Mr. Gascon fell 30 factors within the polls,” he mentioned.

“No motion was taken with the Habeas for a couple of yr,” he added, referring to a separate petition that the brothers have submitted who may additionally see them free from the jail or granted a brand new trial.

Bailan mentioned that nicely -motivated resentment ought to replicate “rehabilitation and perception” into the defendants. Though the brothers have behaved nicely behind bars, he mentioned, that is not all they need to do.

“The query is that they’ve discovered a very powerful lesson of all: have they discovered the seriousness and corruption of their conduct?” he mentioned. “It’s a must to take duty. If you have no perception … you may repeat the previous.”

The brothers have by no means admitted to the ‘lie’ that they killed their dad and mom from self -defense, he mentioned.

They slept behind them whereas watching TV and dissolved so many rounds that they needed to get extra of a automotive out.

At one level decide Michael Jesic interrupted him when he began speaking about how a lot time Hochman was about assessing the unique file in comparison with Gascon.

“I get totally different attorneys have totally different approaches,” he mentioned. “Some attorneys analyze in another way.”

The query on this case, he mentioned, is whether or not the primary petition of Gascon was “inadequate”.

Report by Fox Information’ Melissa Chrise.