NBC Los Angeles8d
Los Angeles District Attorney's office will seek death penalty again
District Attorney Nathan Hochman “effectively immediately” ended his predecessor’s policy, allowing prosecutors to seek the capital punishment in special circumstance murder cases.
If Menendez brothers admit to 'lies,' Los Angeles DA may reconsider resentencing motion to free them: report
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he might reconsider resentencing Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were ...
Washington Examiner7d
Los Angeles district attorney revives death penalty, rolls back BLM-era policy
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman reversed a ban on the death penalty set by his predecessor, George Gascón. Hochman announced Tuesday that he was rescinding Gascón’s “extreme and ...
LA district attorney allows prosecutors to seek death penalty again
Under the new policy, defense attorneys will be given opportunities to share information about defendants when the death ...
Long Beach Post8d
DA ends moratorium on death penalty, says it will be sought only in exceedingly rare cases
This reverses a policy from now-former District Attorney George Gascón that barred prosecutors from seeking the death penalty in any case.
CBS News8d
Los Angeles County DA Nathan Hochman says prosecutors will start seeking the death penalty in some murder cases
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Tuesday that prosecutors in his office will start seeking the death penalty in certain cases of murder with special circumstances.