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.

What once seemed improbable—a release from prison—is now a real possibility for convicted killers Lyle Menendez and Erik Menendez. On Tuesday, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Michael Jesic resentenced the siblings who fatally shot their parents in 1989.

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.