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 directed the state's parole board to investigate whether Erik and Lyle Menendez pose an "unreasonable" public safety risk if released from prison, where the siblings have spent decades for the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents,

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,