Nathan Hochman officially sworn in as L.A. County District Attorney

Nathan Hochman was officially sworn in as the 44^th Los Angeles County District Attorney on Tuesday during the ceremony on the front steps of the Hall of Justice.

Hochman replaces former District Attorney George Gascón, who lost his reelection bid in a landslide in November.

Former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger officially swore in Hochman. During the ceremony, Los Angeles County Supervisor Kathryn Barger, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna, Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, and other local leaders spoke.

Among many issues Hochman has inherited from the previous DA, none may be more high-profile than the Menendez brothers’ murder case.

In October, Gascón announced that he would support resentencing the brothers, who have spent nearly 35 years behind bars for killing their parents.

 Lyle Menendez, then 21, and Erik Menendez, then 18, admitted to fatally shooting their father, Jose Menendez, and their mother, Kitty Menendez, after fearing their parents were about to kill them to stop people from finding out that Jose Menendez had sexually abused Erik Menendez for years, according to the Associated Press.

The resentencing recommendation could provide the brothers a chance at freedom after spending over three decades in jail. In 1996, they were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

In an exclusive sit-down interview with KTLA in November, Hochman outlined his plans for navigating the case.

“Here’s my approach, whether it’s the Menendez case or quite honestly any case: you have to do the hard work,” he told KTLA on Wednesday morning. “You have to look, in that case, at thousands of pages of confidential prison files, you have to review thousands of trial transcripts from months-long trials, and you have to speak to the prosecutors, law enforcement and the defense counsel…and the victims’ families.”

“Only then can you be in a position to determine whether resentencing is the remedy in this situation or whether what is asked for in the resentencing is the appropriate request,” Hochman continued. “I’m not in that position now, but I can tell you if I do have to make that call, I will do the hard work to make the right decision.”

L.A. County’s new D.A. also vowed to eliminate “pro-criminal extreme policies and empower the 750 prosecutors Gascón didn’t even speak to.”

“I am going to listen and learn from them [because] they bring collectively thousands of years of prosecutorial experience, and while I have 34 years, I understand the difference. So I will ask them what is working and we will continue it, and [I will ask] what’s not working and their solutions to fix [those problems.]” Hochman said.