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JamesG · 09-07-2017, 02:16 PM

Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Granted Parole
Critics Demand California Governor Reverse the Decision
by Nancy Dillon and Christopher Brennan, NY Daily News
September 7, 2017

A member of cult leader Charles Manson's infamous "family" has been granted parole — and Sharon Tate's sister is already working to overturn it.

Leslie Van Houten, 68, was approved for parole Wednesday, with the board saying she served her time for the horrific murders of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca in 1969.

California Gov. Jerry Brown now has 120 days to affirm, reverse or take no action against the move to end her life sentence. Brown denied her parole last year, despite the panel saying she's been a model prisoner.

Van Houten was 19-years-old when she and other "Manson Family" members killed the La Biancas, the night after other followers of the cult's creepy leader slaughtered pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends.

Tate's sister Debra attended the Wednesday hearing and walked away unimpressed.

“She couldn't even quote a definition of remorse. That is something she should know like the back of her hand by now,” Tate told the Daily News.

She called the Manson Family “America's first domestic terrorists.”

“Their intentions were to start a race war. That's very pertinent at this point in our history. It's a very volatile time right now. We need to focus on what we all share. People like this, we can't afford to have them out in our free society,” Tate said.

She said her sister and the others killed deserve better.

“The victims were all good people. They were all better people than this one, and they don't get a parole or release or get to be with their friends and family again,” she said.

Tate hopes others will voice their opposition to Gov. Brown directly or sign her petition at NoParoleForMansonFamily.com.

Manson, 82 — who suffered a health scare earlier this year — remains confined in Corcoran State Prison.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3475154

Penny Lane · 09-07-2017, 03:03 PM

Wow! This is a surprise. She has been denied parole continuously for years. I wonder if the parole will be overturned? She was fortunate to scoot by the death penalty as the death penalty was soon done away with just after her conviction. She will not be able to live out her life openly . Everybody(at least those over 50) knows who she is. What she and her "family" did was horrific and in my opinion she should stay in prison. Sure, she was very young and naive but the brutalness of her crime defies age. If they let her out will the other Manson murderers follow? I am so against this ruling. No No No!

MA · 09-07-2017, 03:26 PM

She shouldn't even be granted parole.

ABlairican Pie · 09-07-2017, 04:14 PM

Each time I think about what these brutes did to such innocent people, I say, NO WAY should she get parole. I don't care if she was "so young" when this happened. No reward for bad behavior. Her family says she has no remorse. Let her rot in prison.

Babalu · 09-07-2017, 05:17 PM

This is exactly why I am so strongly in favor of the death penalty. Liberals say as a ruse, "Give them life without parole. What could be wrong with that?" Then the instant they get life without parole liberals start campaigning for parole. Liberals are ruining the United States with the help of the media, brainwashing the American public.

JamesG · 01-31-2019, 01:56 AM

BREAKING NEWS: Charles Manson Cult Member is RECOMMENDED for Parole 50 years after Killing Spree
by The Associated Press
Jan. 30, 2019

A California panel on Wednesday recommended that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled after serving more than four decades in prison.

After a hearing at the women's prison in Chino, California, commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings found for the third time that the 69-year-old Van Houten was suitable for release.

If her case withstands a 150-day review process, it will rest in the hands of California's new Gov. Gavin Newsom. Van Houten was recommended for parole twice previously, but then-Gov. Jerry Brown blocked her release.

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. 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 Wednesday's proceedings and said afterward that she vehemently disagrees with the parole recommendation.

"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.

Van Houten's lawyer, Rich Pfeiffer, said he was pleased with how the commissioners focused on making sure that she took "full responsibility" for her role in the killings.

"She chose to go with Manson. She chose to listen to him. And she acknowledges that," Pfeiffer said. He predicted that it 'will be much more difficult' for Newsom to block parole than it was for Brown.

In his decision last year, Brown acknowledged Van Houten's youth at the time of the crime, her more than four decades of good behavior as a prisoner and her abuse at the hands of Manson.

But he said she still laid too much blame on Manson for the murders.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...an-Houten.html

Lee · 01-31-2019, 05:53 AM

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Originally Posted by JamesG

BREAKING NEWS: Charles Manson Cult Member is RECOMMENDED for Parole 50 years after Killing Spree
by The Associated Press
Jan. 30, 2019

A California panel on Wednesday recommended that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled after serving more than four decades in prison.

After a hearing at the women's prison in Chino, California, commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings found for the third time that the 69-year-old Van Houten was suitable for release.

If her case withstands a 150-day review process, it will rest in the hands of California's new Gov. Gavin Newsom. Van Houten was recommended for parole twice previously, but then-Gov. Jerry Brown blocked her release.

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. 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 Wednesday's proceedings and said afterward that she vehemently disagrees with the parole recommendation.

"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.

Van Houten's lawyer, Rich Pfeiffer, said he was pleased with how the commissioners focused on making sure that she took "full responsibility" for her role in the killings.

"She chose to go with Manson. She chose to listen to him. And she acknowledges that," Pfeiffer said. He predicted that it 'will be much more difficult' for Newsom to block parole than it was for Brown.

In his decision last year, Brown acknowledged Van Houten's youth at the time of the crime, her more than four decades of good behavior as a prisoner and her abuse at the hands of Manson.

But he said she still laid too much blame on Manson for the murders.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...an-Houten.html

Let's hope Governor Newsom makes the right decision and denies her parole!

Penny Lane · 01-31-2019, 09:52 PM

Parole denied!

OH Nuts! · 01-31-2019, 11:46 PM

I say in heinous cases like this, go by the family wishes. So I’m happy parole was denied. I mean really what kind of parole did the victim’s loved ones get from the horrific memories of the trial, the discovery of the crime, and the many years of trauma afterward?

Lee · 02-02-2019, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Babalu

This is exactly why I am so strongly in favor of the death penalty. Liberals say as a ruse, "Give them life without parole. What could be wrong with that?" Then the instant they get life without parole liberals start campaigning for parole. Liberals are ruining the United States with the help of the media, brainwashing the American public.

Yes. People like the Manson Family are one reason we need it!

JamesG · 05-30-2023, 05:47 PM

Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Gets Parole Reinstated by Board after Newsom Blocked It; Judge Says she has “Shown Extraordinary Rehabilitative Efforts, Insight, Remorse”
by Tom Tapp
May 30, 2023

In a split ruling today, a state appeals court panel reinstated a grant of parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, overturning an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to block her release.

Tuesday’s decision does not automatically mean Van Houten will be released. The state could still appeal the ruling to the California Supreme Court. Neither the governor’s office nor the state Attorney General’s Office immediately returned a message seeking comment.

Van Houten, now 73, is serving a potential life prison sentence for taking part in the killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their Los Feliz home more than 50 years ago.

In the 2-1 ruling by the panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, Associate Justice Helen I. Bendix wrote, “Van Houten has shown extraordinary rehabilitative efforts, insight, remorse, realistic parole plans, support from family and friends, favorable institutional reports, and, at the time of the governor’s decision, had received four successive grants of parole.

Under these circumstances Van Houten’s unchanging historical risk factors do not provide some evidence that she is currently dangerous and unsuitable for parole,” Bendix wrote.

In a dissenting opinion, Presiding Justice Frances Rothschild concluded that “the record contains some evidence Van Houten lacked insight into the commitment offense” and found that was sufficient when “coupled with the heinous nature of that crime” to “provide some evidence of current dangerousness and support the governor’s decision.”

https://deadline.com/2023/05/manson-...ed-1235383041/

Caroline13 · 05-30-2023, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Babalu

This is exactly why I am so strongly in favor of the death penalty. Liberals say as a ruse, "Give them life without parole. What could be wrong with that?" Then the instant they get life without parole liberals start campaigning for parole. Liberals are ruining the United States with the help of the media, brainwashing the American public.

I wasn't certain where I stood on this one but now more and more I'm for the death penalty. Why should so many brutes be kept alive at our expense.

Penny Lane · 05-31-2023, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Caroline13

I wasn't certain where I stood on this one but now more and more I'm for the death penalty. Why should so many brutes be kept alive at our expense.

I agree!

Janice Johnson · 06-01-2023, 12:19 PM

I started a thread last year asking if Leslie Van Houten should be released and pointed out she was only 19, on drugs, under the influence of Charles Manson, has shown deep remorse for the murderers and has had DECADES of good behavior, and is in her 70's, no longer an easily led young 19 year old Teenager. I think Leslie should be paroled. She's not a danger to society anymore.

Penny Lane · 06-01-2023, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Janice Johnson

I started a thread last year asking if Leslie Van Houten should be released and pointed out she was only 19, on drugs, under the influence of Charles Manson, has shown deep remorse for the murderers and has had DECADES of good behavior, and is in her 70's, no longer an easily led young 19 year old Teenager. I think Leslie should be paroled. She's not a danger to society anymore.

I see your point but had the death penalty not been rescinded she and other murderers wouldn't be here right now. And I believe that would have saved the taxpayers from feeding and housing the monsters for years. She is fortunate to be alive. But once on the outside when discovered who she is she couldn't possibly have any kind of peaceful existance or worse scenerio, being murdered. So would parole be good for her?

09-07-2017, 02:16 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,961	Update: Manson Follower Leslie Van Houten Released from Prison Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Granted Parole Critics Demand California Governor Reverse the Decision by Nancy Dillon and Christopher Brennan, NY Daily News September 7, 2017 A member of cult leader Charles Manson's infamous "family" has been granted parole — and Sharon Tate's sister is already working to overturn it. Leslie Van Houten, 68, was approved for parole Wednesday, with the board saying she served her time for the horrific murders of Leno and Rosemary La Bianca in 1969. California Gov. Jerry Brown now has 120 days to affirm, reverse or take no action against the move to end her life sentence. Brown denied her parole last year, despite the panel saying she's been a model prisoner. Van Houten was 19-years-old when she and other "Manson Family" members killed the La Biancas, the night after other followers of the cult's creepy leader slaughtered pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four of her friends. Tate's sister Debra attended the Wednesday hearing and walked away unimpressed. “She couldn't even quote a definition of remorse. That is something she should know like the back of her hand by now,” Tate told the Daily News. She called the Manson Family “America's first domestic terrorists.” “Their intentions were to start a race war. That's very pertinent at this point in our history. It's a very volatile time right now. We need to focus on what we all share. People like this, we can't afford to have them out in our free society,” Tate said. She said her sister and the others killed deserve better. “The victims were all good people. They were all better people than this one, and they don't get a parole or release or get to be with their friends and family again,” she said. Tate hopes others will voice their opposition to Gov. Brown directly or sign her petition at NoParoleForMansonFamily.com. Manson, 82 — who suffered a health scare earlier this year — remains confined in Corcoran State Prison. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/nati...icle-1.3475154 Attached Images
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09-07-2017, 03:03 PM	#2
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 50,944	Wow! This is a surprise. She has been denied parole continuously for years. I wonder if the parole will be overturned? She was fortunate to scoot by the death penalty as the death penalty was soon done away with just after her conviction. She will not be able to live out her life openly . Everybody(at least those over 50) knows who she is. What she and her "family" did was horrific and in my opinion she should stay in prison. Sure, she was very young and naive but the brutalness of her crime defies age. If they let her out will the other Manson murderers follow? I am so against this ruling. No No No!
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09-07-2017, 03:26 PM	#3
MA Member Moderator Forum Idol Join Date: May 20, 2017 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 127,116	She shouldn't even be granted parole.
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09-07-2017, 04:14 PM	#4
ABlairican Pie Member Forum Superstar Join Date: Dec 12, 2001 Location: Living where cats reign more Supreme than a pizza. Posts: 31,621	Each time I think about what these brutes did to such innocent people, I say, NO WAY should she get parole. I don't care if she was "so young" when this happened. No reward for bad behavior. Her family says she has no remorse. Let her rot in prison.
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09-07-2017, 05:17 PM	#5
Babalu Member Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 22, 2014 Posts: 4,779	This is exactly why I am so strongly in favor of the death penalty. Liberals say as a ruse, "Give them life without parole. What could be wrong with that?" Then the instant they get life without parole liberals start campaigning for parole. Liberals are ruining the United States with the help of the media, brainwashing the American public.
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01-31-2019, 01:56 AM	#6
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,961	BREAKING NEWS: Charles Manson Cult Member is RECOMMENDED for Parole 50 years after Killing Spree by The Associated Press Jan. 30, 2019 A California panel on Wednesday recommended that Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled after serving more than four decades in prison. After a hearing at the women's prison in Chino, California, commissioners of the Board of Parole Hearings found for the third time that the 69-year-old Van Houten was suitable for release. If her case withstands a 150-day review process, it will rest in the hands of California's new Gov. Gavin Newsom. Van Houten was recommended for parole twice previously, but then-Gov. Jerry Brown blocked her release. 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. 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 Wednesday's proceedings and said afterward that she vehemently disagrees with the parole recommendation. "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. Van Houten's lawyer, Rich Pfeiffer, said he was pleased with how the commissioners focused on making sure that she took "full responsibility" for her role in the killings. "She chose to go with Manson. She chose to listen to him. And she acknowledges that," Pfeiffer said. He predicted that it 'will be much more difficult' for Newsom to block parole than it was for Brown. In his decision last year, Brown acknowledged Van Houten's youth at the time of the crime, her more than four decades of good behavior as a prisoner and her abuse at the hands of Manson. But he said she still laid too much blame on Manson for the murders. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...an-Houten.html

01-31-2019, 09:52 PM	#8
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 50,944	Parole denied!

01-31-2019, 11:46 PM	#9
OH Nuts! Member Forum King Join Date: Feb 15, 2005 Posts: 133,383	I say in heinous cases like this, go by the family wishes. So I’m happy parole was denied. I mean really what kind of parole did the victim’s loved ones get from the horrific memories of the trial, the discovery of the crime, and the many years of trauma afterward?

05-30-2023, 05:47 PM	#11
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 56,961	*Manson Family Member Leslie Van Houten Gets Parole Reinstated by Board after Newsom Blocked It; Judge Says she has “Shown Extraordinary Rehabilitative Efforts, Insight, Remorse”* by Tom Tapp May 30, 2023 In a split ruling today, a state appeals court panel reinstated a grant of parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, overturning an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to block her release. Tuesday’s decision does not automatically mean Van Houten will be released. The state could still appeal the ruling to the California Supreme Court. Neither the governor’s office nor the state Attorney General’s Office immediately returned a message seeking comment. Van Houten, now 73, is serving a potential life prison sentence for taking part in the killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in their Los Feliz home more than 50 years ago. In the 2-1 ruling by the panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal, Associate Justice Helen I. Bendix wrote, “Van Houten has shown extraordinary rehabilitative efforts, insight, remorse, realistic parole plans, support from family and friends, favorable institutional reports, and, at the time of the governor’s decision, had received four successive grants of parole. Under these circumstances Van Houten’s unchanging historical risk factors do not provide some evidence that she is currently dangerous and unsuitable for parole,” Bendix wrote. In a dissenting opinion, Presiding Justice Frances Rothschild concluded that “the record contains some evidence Van Houten lacked insight into the commitment offense” and found that was sufficient when “coupled with the heinous nature of that crime” to “provide some evidence of current dangerousness and support the governor’s decision.” https://deadline.com/2023/05/manson-...ed-1235383041/

06-01-2023, 12:19 PM	#14
Janice Johnson Commercial Lover Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 30, 2003 Location: Miami, Florida Posts: 4,738	I started a thread last year asking if Leslie Van Houten should be released and pointed out she was only 19, on drugs, under the influence of Charles Manson, has shown deep remorse for the murderers and has had DECADES of good behavior, and is in her 70's, no longer an easily led young 19 year old Teenager. I think Leslie should be paroled. She's not a danger to society anymore.