California Ag Takes Stance On Menendez Brothers Prosecutor Staying On Case Amid Resentencing Battle

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is pushing backmost against Erik and Lyle Menendez's defense team's petition to region nan Los Angeles District Attorney's agency from their resentencing case. 

The brothers' attorneys person based on that nan DA's agency has shown bias against them and violated Marsy's Law against their family. 

In a 22-page guidance revenge this week, nan AG's agency noted that nan Menendez defense attorneys person grounded to coming grounds that meets nan "stringent standards" for an office-wide recusal of nan DA, stating that each declare fell short of immoderate merit. 

"First, nan transportation of 2 members of his Office who antecedently supported resentencing is not capable to found a disabling, office-wide conflict of interest. Second, moreover if Ms. Cady's anterior practice of Kitty Menendez's relative could coming a imaginable conflict, nan District Attorney's Office has walled her disconnected from this matter," nan filing read. 

"As such, defendants person grounded to place a disqualifying conflict that demonstrates a reasonable anticipation that nan assigned prosecutors whitethorn not workout discretionary functions successful an evenhanded manner, nor person they established that immoderate alleged conflict is truthful sedate arsenic to render it much apt than not they will not person unfair curen if nan lawsuit continues to beryllium handled by nan Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office," - California Attorney General's Office

Last week, nan DA's agency revenge it's ain opposition, calling nan move a "drastic and hopeless step."

LA DA REJECTS MENENDEZ BROTHERS' RECUSAL PUSH IN RESENTENCING, CALLS IT A 'DRASTIC AND DESPERATE STEP'

California Attorney General is urging nan judge proceeding Lyle and Erik Menendez lawsuit to support nan LA County District Attorney's agency connected nan case.

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman revenge nan consequence connected Friday, arguing that nan Menendez brothers are trying to unit a recusal simply because they're unhappy pinch nan territory attorney's wide stance connected resentencing.

"In nan opposition, nan District Attorney’s Office has based on that successful a ‘drastic and hopeless step,’ nan defense has decided to ‘sidestep nan cardinal rumor of resentencing’ and coming an statement ‘devoid of merit’ to recuse nan full District Attorney’s Office," Hochman said. "The full defense statement complete recusal boils down to nan defense not being happy pinch nan existent District Attorney’s position connected resentencing. While this hopeless statement whitethorn activity successful a property interview, it fails successful a tribunal of rule based connected an adversarial strategy of justice."

Attorney Mark Geragos, who represents nan Menendez brothers, wrote successful an April 25 mobility that Hochman should recuse himself because of a "conflict of interest." In that filing, Geragos wrote that Hochman "has a very different view" connected resentencing.

"In nan prosecution's view, location was nary intersexual maltreatment astatine all. Resentencing is not due because though defendants person admitted nan shooting for decades, they proceed to support (as they person since trial) that they had been sexually abused since they were children," Geragos wrote. "Under nan District Attorney's view, location tin beryllium nary rehabilitation unless defendants not only admit nan shooting, but disclaim nan corroborated history of intersexual maltreatment which caused nan first juries to scope verdicts evenly divided betwixt execution and manslaughter."

IF MENENDEZ BROTHERS ADMIT TO 'LIES,' LOS ANGELES DA MAY RECONSIDER RESENTENCING MOTION TO FREE THEM: REPORT

This operation of 2 booking photos provided by nan California Department of Corrections shows Erik Menendez, left, and Lyle Menendez.  (California Dept. of Corrections via AP, File)

"Because nan grounds shows a conflict that renders it improbable Erik and Lyle tin person a adjacent resentencing hearing, recusal is proper," Geragos added.

The Menendez brothers' mobility for Hochman's recusal focuses connected an attorney that Hochman precocious hired. After erstwhile Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced he was considering a resentencing petition from nan Menendez brothers, 20 family members met pinch lawman territory attorneys Nancy Theberge and Brock Lunsford and discussed their support for resentencing.

One family member, however, objected to nan resentencing and revenge an amicus little successful guidance done his attorney, Kathleen Cady.

When Hochman won his predetermination against Gascon, Geragos claimed that Theberge and Lunsford were intentionally reassigned because they were viewed arsenic sympathetic to nan Menendez brothers. Geragos besides claimed that Hochman hired Cady, nan lawyer who represented nan only Menendez family personnel against resentencing, to lead nan territory attorney's Office of Victims' Services.

Hochman reportedly has a database of 20 lies nan Menendez brothers person told complete nan past 30 years since their parents' murders and antecedently told ABC News that he would see resentencing if some brothers "sincerely and unequivocally admit, for nan first clip successful complete 30 years, nan afloat scope of their criminal activity and each nan lies that they person told astir it."

TIMELINE OF THE MENENDEZ BROTHERS' MURDER CASE

Lyle, left, and Erik Menendez beryllium pinch defense lawyer Leslie Abramson, right, successful Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990.  (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

The Menendez brothers and their supporters person been pushing for a resentencing hearing, saying nan brothers were unfairly convicted to life successful situation successful 1996 for murdering their 2 parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, successful their Beverly Hills location successful 1989.

Their first proceedings ended successful a mistrial, erstwhile jurors couldn't work together connected their fate. After a 2nd proceedings successful nan mid-1990s, successful which immoderate of their grounds astir nan alleged intersexual abuse was excluded, jurors agreed pinch prosecutors that their motive was greed. 

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If nan judge decides to resentence nan Menendez brothers, it will past beryllium up to nan authorities parole committee to see their release.   

A proceeding is scheduled for Friday, wherever Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic will preside.

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They are already scheduled to look earlier nan committee connected June 13 as portion of a broad consequence appraisal study ordered by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who is considering nan brothers’ clemency petition – a abstracted imaginable way retired of prison.

Fox News Digital's Audrey Conklin and Adam Sabes contributed to this report.