Leslie Von Houton's parole denied UPDATE: Granted
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/califor...uten-1.5840553
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SACRAMENTO, CALIF. -- California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday blocked parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, reversing a panel's recommendation that she be freed after spending a half-century in prison.
Van Houten, 72, “currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time," Newsom said in his parole review. It was the fifth time that a California governor has rejected her release.
Her attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, disputed that view and said the decision will be appealed in court. He accused Newsom of rejecting parole because he is worried about “his political future" and noted that Van Houten has a spotless prison disciplinary record.
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n his rejection letter, Newsom noted that Van Housen had undergone therapy, earned educational degrees and taken self-help classes in prison and had shown “increased maturity and rehabilitation." But Van Houten also has “gaps in insight" that continue to make her a danger to society, Newsom said.
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Out of the family, Tex Watson still survives and is incarcerated. Patricia Krenwinkel remains in prison with her next parole hearing this year. Squeaky Fromme was paroled in 2009, and moved to New York and still proclaims her loyalty to Manson. Clem Grogan was released in 1985. Susan Atkin's died in prison in 2009. Manson died in prison in 2017.
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