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       Manson ‘family’ member Leslie Van Houten recommended for parole
       again
   DIR By: Ghosttruck
       Date: January 31, 2019, 8:39 am
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       > Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was recommended
       again for parole on Wednesday after serving more than four
       decades of a life sentence for her role in the cult’s grisly
       murders in 1969, marking newly inaugurated California Gov. Gavin
       Newsom’s first chance to decide her fate.
       >
       > Van Houten, 69, had been found suitable for release twice
       previously by the California Board of Parole Hearings. Each of
       those times then-Gov. Jerry Brown blocked her release after
       determining she still laid too much of the blame on Manson.
       >
       > Van Houten’s fate will rest in Newsom’s hands if her case
       withstands a 150-day review process. Since being blocked by
       Brown, Van Houten has taken “full responsibility” for the crime,
       which could help her achieve parole, according to her lawyer,
       Richard Pfeiffer.
       >
       > The youngest of Manson’s “family,” Van Houten was among the
       followers in Manson's murderous cult who stabbed to death
       wealthy grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in 1969.
       She testified to stabbing LaBianca in the back at least 14 times
       and using the couple’s blood to smear messages on the walls of
       their home, the Los Angeles Times reported.
       >
       > Van Houten was 19 during the killings, which came a day after
       other Manson followers killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and
       four others in Los Angeles.
       >
       > Tate’s sister attended the hearing Wednesday and hoped the
       governor would deny Van Houten’s freedom.
       >
       > "I just have to hope and pray that the governor comes to the
       right decision" and keeps Van Houten behind bars, Debra Tate
       said. Newsom's office didn't immediately respond to a request
       for comment.
       >
       > No one who played a direct role in the Tate-LaBianca murders
       has been released from prison.
       >
       > Manson died in 2017 of natural causes at a California hospital
       while serving a life sentence.
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