LA DA rejects Menendez brothers’ recusal push in resentencing, calls it a ‘drastic and desperate step’

‘TheBigWeekendShow’co-hostsdiscussaLosAngelesjudgeallowingtheMenendezbrothers’resentencinghearingtomoveforward. LosAngelesDistrictAttorneyNathanHochmanrespondedtoarequestforrecusalintheresentencingcaseofconvictedmurderersErikandLyleMenendez,callingthemovea“drasticanddesperatestep.” HochmanfiledtheresponseonFriday,arguingthattheMenendezbrothersaretryingtoforcearecusalsimplybecausethey’reunhappywiththedistrictattorney’soverallstanceonresentencing. “Intheopposition,theDistrictAttorney’sOfficehasarguedthatina‘drasticanddesperatestep,’thedefensehasdecidedto‘sidestepthecentralissueofresentencing’andpresentanargument‘devoidofmerit’torecusetheentireDistrictAttorney’sOffice,”Hochmansaid.“TheentiredefenseargumentoverrecusalboilsdowntothedefensenotbeinghappywiththecurrentDistrictAttorney’spositiononresentencin