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Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten released from California prison after serving 53 years
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Leroy N. Soetoro
Jul 11, 2023, 7:46:42 PM7/11/23
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Charles Manson devotee Leslie Van Houten was sprung from a California
prison Tuesday morning after spending the last 53 years behind bars.
Van Houten, who was hit with a life sentence for her role in two infamous
murders, “was released to parole supervision,” the California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
Van Houten’s freedom comes days after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would
not fight a state appeals court ruling that Van Houten should be paroled
even though he was disappointed in the court’s decision.
Van Houten was convicted for helping Manson and other followers in the
killings of Leno LaBianca, a Los Angeles grocer, and his wife Rosemary in
1969. The couple was killed in their home, with their blood smeared on the
walls afterward.
Van Houten, now in her 70s, later admitted to holding Rosemary LaBianca
down with a pillowcase as others stabbed her. She then stabbed the woman
more than a dozen times.
She was previously recommended for parole five times since 2016, but
Newsom and ex-Gov. Jerry Brown shot them all down.
But a state appeals’ ruling paved the way for her to walk out of prison in
May when they ruled she should be released.
“She’s just grateful that people are recognizing that she’s not the same
person that she was when she committed the murders,” her attorney Nancy
Tetreault previously said.
Tetreault confirmed her client was let go early Tuesday morning and taken
to transitional housing.
The LaBianca family expressed disappointment in the impending release.
“My family and I are heartbroken because we’re once again reminded of all
the years that we have not had my father and my stepmother with us,”
LaBianca’s daughter, Cory LaBianca, told the Associated Press Friday.
“My children and my grandchildren never got an opportunity to get to know
either of them, which has been a huge void for my family,” the 75-year-old
relative said.
Charles Manson died in prison in 2017 of natural causes after he was
imprisoned for almost half a century locked up. He was 83.
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Charles Manson devotee Leslie Van Houten was sprung from a California
prison Tuesday morning after spending the last 53 years behind bars.
Van Houten, who was hit with a life sentence for her role in two infamous
murders, “was released to parole supervision,” the California Department
of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.
Van Houten’s freedom comes days after Gov. Gavin Newsom announced he would
not fight a state appeals court ruling that Van Houten should be paroled
even though he was disappointed in the court’s decision.
Van Houten was convicted for helping Manson and other followers in the
killings of Leno LaBianca, a Los Angeles grocer, and his wife Rosemary in
1969. The couple was killed in their home, with their blood smeared on the
walls afterward.
Van Houten, now in her 70s, later admitted to holding Rosemary LaBianca
down with a pillowcase as others stabbed her. She then stabbed the woman
more than a dozen times.
She was previously recommended for parole five times since 2016, but
Newsom and ex-Gov. Jerry Brown shot them all down.
But a state appeals’ ruling paved the way for her to walk out of prison in
May when they ruled she should be released.
“She’s just grateful that people are recognizing that she’s not the same
person that she was when she committed the murders,” her attorney Nancy
Tetreault previously said.
Tetreault confirmed her client was let go early Tuesday morning and taken
to transitional housing.
The LaBianca family expressed disappointment in the impending release.
“My family and I are heartbroken because we’re once again reminded of all
the years that we have not had my father and my stepmother with us,”
LaBianca’s daughter, Cory LaBianca, told the Associated Press Friday.
“My children and my grandchildren never got an opportunity to get to know
either of them, which has been a huge void for my family,” the 75-year-old
relative said.
Charles Manson died in prison in 2017 of natural causes after he was
imprisoned for almost half a century locked up. He was 83.
--
We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
Durham Report: The FBI has an integrity problem. It has none.
No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.
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