Leslie Van Houten, a former member of the notorious “Manson family,” has been released on parole after serving over five decades in prison for her involvement in two brutal murders. Van Houten, who was 19 years old at the time of the crimes, participated in the killing of a Los Angeles grocer and his wife in 1969. This decision comes after five previous parole bids were blocked by California’s governors.
Despite California Governor Gavin Newsom and his predecessor, Jerry Brown, previously rejecting her parole recommendations, a state appeals court later reversed their decisions. Van Houten, who was once a homecoming queen, held down Rosemary LaBianca while another person stabbed her during the infamous murders, which occurred shortly after the killing of actress Sharon Tate and four others.
Van Houten’s lawyer stated that she left a women’s prison in California on Tuesday morning and will likely be on parole for three years. Over the years, she has expressed remorse and undergone therapy to detach herself from the cult mentality and accept responsibility for her crimes. Now out of prison, Van Houten will need to navigate a world vastly different from when she was first incarcerated.
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