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Parole Board Recommends Parole for Leslie van Houten

By Jeralyn, Section Inmates and Prisons
Posted on Thu Apr 14, 2016 at 07:41:53 PM EST
Tags: Leslie van Houten (all tags)
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Is the 20th time the charm for former Charles Manson follower Leslie van Houten, imprisoned since 1969 for the La Bianca murders? The parole board in California today agreed to recommend she be granted parole. Although she has been a minor inmate, her prior 19 requests were denied. The final decision will be up to Gov. Jerry Brown.

I've supported her parole here on TalkLeft since 2002. [More..]

I wrote then:

This year the Judge ordered the Board to give her a new hearing and to consider her model prison behavior and not just the severity of the offense. If only the severity of the crime were considered, her sentence effectively would be a life sentence without parole, instead of the parole-eligible life sentence she received. The board has been ordered to tell Van Houten what it is she must do to get if they deny her again.

If a sentence of life with parole (as opposed to life without parole) has any meaning, she should be released.

Free Leslie van Houten. She's done enough time.

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    I'm with you Jeralyn (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by ruffian on Thu Apr 14, 2016 at 08:00