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Leslie Van Houten, a former member of the Manson family, has been released from a California prison, according to an official.
leslie Van Houten, a convicted killer and former Charles Manson follower, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, according to a prison official.
Van Houten was released under parole monitoring, according to Mary Xjimenez, a representative for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Van Houten will have a three-year maximum parole sentence, with a parole discharge review after one year, according to Xjimenez.
leslie van Houten, now in her 70s, was 19 when she met Manson and became a member of the deadly cult known as the “Manson family.”
She was serving concurrent terms of seven years to life prior to her release on Tuesday after being convicted in 1971 for her role in the murders of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, at their Los Angeles home.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced on Friday that it would not appeal a state appellate court panel ruling in May that opened the door to parole for Van Houten, clearing the way for her release.
“More than 50 years after the Manson cult committed these heinous crimes, the victims’ families, like all Californians, continue to bear the brunt of the consequences.” Governor Newsom has overturned Ms. Van Houten’s parole grant three times since taking office, and she has defended those decisions in court.”