The Menendez brothers have been resentenced to 50 years to life in prison, opening them up for the possibility of parole after spending more than three decades behind bars for killing their parents decades ago.

Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic reduced the brothers’ sentences from life without parole to 50 years to life. They’re now eligible for parole under California’s youthful offender law because they committed the crime under the age of 26. The state parole board must still decide whether to release them from prison.

"We are one step closer to bringing the boys home," their attorney Mark Geragos told a media throng after Lyle & Erik Menendez pleaded for forgiveness in tearful allocutions in front of their weeping