LA district attorney says he won’t support resentencing the Menendez brothers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The district attorney of Los Angeles County says he does not support the resentencing of Lyle and Erik Menendez. District Attorney Nathan Hochman said Monday that the brothers have repeatedly lied about why they killed their parents at their Beverly Hills home in 1989. The brothers are serving life terms without the possibility of parole. Hochman, who took office in December, said last month that he opposes a new trial for the brothers. Hochman’s predecessor had recommended the brothers be resentenced to 50 years to life. That would make them immediately eligible for parole. A resentencing hearing originally scheduled for December is set for later this month.

Supreme Court will take up state bans on conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether state and local governments can enforce laws banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ children, in a Colorado case. The conservative-led court said Monday it’ll hear a challenge to the law, amid actions by President Donald Trump targeting transgender people, including a ban on military service and an end to federal funding for gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The justices also have heard arguments in a Tennessee case over whether state bans on treating transgender minors violate the Constitution. But they’ve yet to issue a decision. Colorado is among roughly half the states that prohibit the practice of trying to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity through counseling.

Leader of student protests at Columbia facing deportation

NEW YORK (AP) — A prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead last spring’s protests at Columbia University is facing deportation following his arrest by federal immigration agents over the weekend. Mahmoud Khalil was arrested Saturday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. His lawyer says the agents claimed the government was revoking his green card. The Department of Homeland Security confirmed the arrest, saying it was a result of President Trump’s executive orders prohibiting antisemitism. Khalil is being held in an immigration detention center in Louisiana.

Mistrial declared in case of California judge charged in wife’s shooting death

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A prosecutor’s office says a mistrial has been declared in the case of a Southern California judge charged with murder in the fatal shooting of his wife. Spokesperson Kimberly Edds of the Orange County District Attorney’s office said Monday that jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict in the case against county Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson. Prosecutors had charged Ferguson with one count of murder in the August 2023 death of his wife, Sheryl. They say Ferguson shot her in their Anaheim Hills home after he had been drinking and the couple had argued over family finances earlier at a restaurant. Ferguson said the gun went off by accident when he was trying to place it on a table.