Manson family member Leslie Van Houten is another step closer to parole as governor will no longer challenge release | CNN

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California Gov. Newsom will no longer try to block parole for former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Leslie Van Houten, his office says

Van Houten is serving concurrent sentences of seven years to life after she was convicted in 1971 for her role in the killings of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, at their home. “More than 50 years after the Manson cult committed these brutal offenses, the victims’ families still feel the impact, as do all Californians. Governor Newsom reversed Ms.

CNN has reached out to the California Board of Parole Hearings for comment. Initially sentenced to death Van Houten, now in her 70s, was 19 when she met Manson and joined the murderous cult that came to be called the “Manson family.” The brutal killings began on August 9, 1969, at the home of actress Sharon Tate and her husband, famed movie director Roman Polanski. He was out of the country at the time.

 

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