Erik and Lyle Menendez could soon be released after 35 years in prison: A judge has reduced the brothers' sentence.

At a L.A. hearing for the Menendez brothers, who were convicted of the 1989 murder of their parents, relatives testified that they want them released.

Erik and Lyle Menendez had their sentence reduced from life without parole to 50 years to life and are now eligible for parole

A Los Angeles judge Friday reduced the life sentences of Erik and Lyle Menendez, giving the brothers hope for freedom after serving 35 years in prison for murdering their parents in 1989, according to AP.

Erik and Lyle Menendez, wearing blue prison uniforms, listened as relatives broke down in tears, begging the judge to set them free during the first day of a two-day hearing.