California Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the parole board to launch an investigation into whether the Menendez brothers pose "an unreasonable risk to the public."

Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered the parole board to carry out a risk assessment into Lyle and Erik Menendez to determine whether they pose a risk to public safety after spending 35 years in prison for the 1989 murder of their parents.

The move is a step toward clemency for the brothers who have asked a court to take another look at their case amid new sexual assault allegations they say corroborate a history of abuse by their father,