A month before a potentially pivotal resentencing hearing for the Menendez brothers and as the LA County Distract Attorney rejects a new trial for the siblings, Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered a risk assessment probe for Erik Menendez and Lyle Menendez as a clemency petition sits on his desk.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has brought Lyle and Erik Menendez one step closer to freedom by asking the state parole board to assess whether or not the high-profile killers should be set free. Newsom ordered the board to conduct a “risk assessment” of the brothers,

Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the parole board to launch a risk assessment investigation into whether Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents, would pose a risk to public safety if they were released,

Gov. Newsom has directed the state parole board to conduct a "risk assessment investigation" on Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life-without-parole sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents in Beverly Hills.

Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez said Wednesday that California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

Attorneys for Lyle and Erik Menendez say California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the state parole board to investigate whether the brothers would pose a risk to the public if they are released after nearly three decades in prison for the 1989 killing of their parents.

Gavin Newson has opened the door to a new possibility as the current prosecutor seems increasingly reluctant to help them get out of jail.

Lyle and Erik Menendez are serving life sentences for the 1989 murders of their parents California Governor Gavin Newsom has asked the parole board to conduct a comprehensive risk assessment investigation into whether Lyle and Erik Menendez,

Governor Gavin Newsom's decision to ask the California Board of Parole to review the Erik and Lyle Menendez matter could make next month's up-to-now critical resentencing hearing all but irrelevant.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced a risk assessment of Lyle and Erik Menendez to determine whether the convicted murderers “pose a current, unreasonable risk to public safety.” Risk assessments are conducted by public safety experts and forensic psychologists.

Brothers Erik and Lyle Menendez, jailed more than 30 years ago for the brutal murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, may be just weeks away from answers in their bid for freedom. But the actions of a newly installed district attorney have cast doubt on whether their fight for release will be successful.