The youngest member of Charles Manson’s murder cult, Leslie Van Houten, has appeared before a parole board for the 21st time, a California board announced Wednesday.
Van Houten, who was 19 when she killed for Manson in 1969, appeared before the panel this week when she attempted to convince members she has reformed and deserves to be released from prison after spending 47 years behind bars.
California governor Jerry Brown now has a 120-day period to affirm, reverse or take no action on the panel’s decision.
Leslie Van Houten has been granted parole for the 21st time, a California board announced Wednesday
Van Houten was 19 when she killed for Manson in 1969
Van Houten enters with her attorney Rich Pfeiffer before her parole board hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Calif., Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017
Manson family members and murder suspects Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkle, and Leslie van Houton (right)
Last year, a similar panel granted her parole but was overruled by Brown.
Over two nights in August 1969, Manson’s ragtag band of followers killed seven people, including actress Sharon Tate.
Van Houten didn’t take part in the first night’s killings of Tate and four others, but she helped kill grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, on the second night.
Since her incarceration more than 40 years ago, she has been a model prisoner.
California governor Jerry Brown has a 120-day period to affirm, reverse or take no action on the parole panel’s decision
Over two nights in August 1969, Manson’s ragtag band of followers killed seven people, including actress Sharon Tate
Houten helped kill grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, on the second night
Manson, 82, and other cult members are still jailed.
Manson will serve a life term for the notorious killings. He was pictured last month in a most recent mugshot from the Corcoran State Prison in Northern California.
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