The governor of California seemed to be reacting to the new L.A. district attorney's attitude about victimhood when he ordered a Parole Board risk assessment for the incarcerated Menendez brothers.

Lawyers for Erik and Lyle Menendez — who have long claimed they murdered their parents because they feared for their lives after years of sexual abuse by their father — filed the habeas corpus petition in Los Angeles Superior Court in May of 2023 to overturn their convictions.

Lyle and Erik Menendez, now nearly 35 years into their prison sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents, have gained renewed attention. Here’s a look at how old the brothers are now.

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.

The hotly anticipated hearing that was set for later this month to assess a potential resentencing for Lyle and Erik Menendez has been postponed after Gov. Gavin Newsom last week ordered the California Parole Board to conduct a risk assessment investigation into the convicted killers.