Menendez brothers' attorney cheers 'biggest day' since Erik, Lyle have 'been in custody
Mark Geragos, defense attorney for the Menendez brothers, cheered a judge's Friday decision to allow the brothers to move forward with a resentencing hearing next week.
Geragos said justice has been "a long time coming," and he "couldn't prouder for representing this family."
He said Friday's decision was "probably the biggest day since they've been in custody," referring to Erik and Lyle, adding later that it was "an important day, a great day."
Geragos condemned what he described as DA Nathan Hochman's "performative" actions.
Anamaria Baralt, the brothers' cousin, also celebrated Friday's decision.
"Their conclusion wasn't based on sympathy or politics. It was based on evidence," Baralt said of the judge's decision against withdrawing the brothers' petition for a new trial.
"They applied the law exactly as it was intended," she continued. "Erik and Lyle have taken full responsibility for what they did."
Posted by Audrey Conklin
