Gov. Gavin Newsom is ordering the parole board to launch a risk assessment investigation into whether the Menendez brothers, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murder of their parents, would pose a risk to public safety if they were released, defense attorney Mark Geragos said Wednesday.

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."