A California appeals court has overruled a decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) to deny parole to Leslie van Houten, who has served a half-century in prison for her role in the gruesome Charles Manson murders.
A California appeals court has overruled a decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to deny parole to Leslie van Houten, who has served a half-century in prison for her role in the gruesome Charles Manson murders.
The three female defendants in the Tate-LaBianca murders, Leslie Van Houten, Susan Atkins, and Patricia Krenwinkel, return to their cells.Newsom wrote in his denial that there were inconsistencies between Van Houten’s recent statements and those she made during the killings in the summer of 1969, indicating “gaps in Ms. Van Houten’s insight or candor, or both.”“fails to account for the decades of therapy, self-help programming and reflection Van Houten has undergone in the past 50 years.
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