Menendez brothers ‘huge step’ closer to freedom as judge reduces sentences

Brothers, convicted of parents' 1989 murders, resentenced to 50 years to life, making them immediately parole eligible

After months of delays and decades behind bars, Erik and Lyle Menendez now have a long-awaited chance at freedom after a judge reduced their sentences for the 1989 killings of their parents.

Their family and extensive network of supporters celebrated on Tuesday when Judge Michael Jesic resentenced the brothers from life in prison without the possibility of parole to 50 years to life. The judge's decision means they are immediately eligible for parole under California's youthful offender law because of their young ages at the time of the murders.