The family of Erik and Lyle Menendez is pushing back after District Attorney Nathan Hochman, during a press conference, laid out in painstaking detail why the evidence the brothers have offered alleging sexual abuse by their father doesn't mean they should receive a new trial.

The chief prosecutor in Los Angeles will oppose an attempt by Erik and Lyle Menendez to get a new trial for the murder of their parents, he said Friday.

The Mendendez brothers may have lost whatever momentum they had in requesting a new trial for the 1989 murders of their parents. CNN reports that new Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman recommended Friday that a judge reject Erik and Lyle Menendez's request for a new trial due to a petition the brothers filed based on claims of new