A follower of US cult leader Charles Manson is entitled to parole. That has been decided by a court in California.
Leslie Van Houten, 73, has been imprisoned since 1971 for her involvement in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate and six others. her crime, writes Los Angeles Times.
Despite the positive verdict of the Commission of Inquiry, Democratic Governor of California Gavin Newsom rejected Van Houten’s parole. He did so on the basis of “inconsistencies between her recent statements and the statements she made during the summer 1969 murders”.
That rejection has now been overturned by the court. Newsom can again veto her release. It’s unclear if he will.
Pregnant wife of film director Roman Polanski murdered
In the 1960s, Manson gathered a predominantly young female following known as the Manson Family. In the summer of 1969, he induced them to raid the home of actress Tate and her husband Roman Polanski.
The film director was not at home, but the pregnant Tate and four guests were gruesomely killed. The following evening, the cult members raided another residence, where they killed two people.
Manson, Van Houten and two other young women were sentenced to death in 1971 for the murders. A year later, their sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. Manson, 83, died in prison in 2017. He wanted to start a race war with the murders.
2023-05-31 03:27:56
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