In opposing a new trial for the Menendez brothers in their parents' killing, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman cited an issue that has dogged the defendants.

He has been detained since his Oct. 4 conviction. "I am very sorry," Lyle said in Spanish, looking at some of the members of Hernandez family who were in the court room, among them his son.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has directed the state parole board to launch a risk assessment investigation into whether Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences for the 1989 murders of their ...