Nearly three decades after Erik and Lyle Menendez were sentenced to life in prison for the murders of their parents, a California judge has reopened a door many believed would remain closed.

The brothers were resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, which makes them immediately eligible for parole.

Erik Menéndez and Lyle Menéndez‘s murder case has played out in the public for over three decades from two high-profile trials to a life sentence - and now a renewed chance at freedom. After their parents,