AliceInPain
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Leslie Van Houten up for parole again
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This article explains why the Manson killers went from having the death penalty to being up for parole regularly.
It basically says that a year after they were sentenced to death the US Supreme Court halted all death sentences. The Manson death sentences fell back to the next harshest sentence in California at that time (1970s), which was life with parole.
About four years later California reinstated the death penalty and added a life without parole option. Unfortunately because sentences can be reduced after the fact they apparently cannot be strengthened, so the Manson killer’s were left with the chance of parole.
Bad timing it would seem.
Charles Manson Was Sentenced to Death. Why Wasn’t He Executed?
It basically says that a year after they were sentenced to death the US Supreme Court halted all death sentences. The Manson death sentences fell back to the next harshest sentence in California at that time (1970s), which was life with parole.
About four years later California reinstated the death penalty and added a life without parole option. Unfortunately because sentences can be reduced after the fact they apparently cannot be strengthened, so the Manson killer’s were left with the chance of parole.
Bad timing it would seem.
Charles Manson Was Sentenced to Death. Why Wasn’t He Executed?
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I agree.
Here we go again...
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Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten gets prison release recommendation
Parole again recommended for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten
Hopefully the California Governor will once again deny her release.
And yes, she still has that smirk on her face...
Van Houten was sentenced after she was found guilty of helping Charles Manson followers murder Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1969.
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Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten gets prison release recommendation
Parole again recommended for Manson follower Leslie Van Houten
Hopefully the California Governor will once again deny her release.
And yes, she still has that smirk on her face...
Van Houten was sentenced after she was found guilty of helping Charles Manson followers murder Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1969.
The California parole board has recommended Parole for Leslie Van Houghton.
Whether she is turned loose on parole, or will remain in prison is now up to California governor Gavin Newsom.
If you have any thoughts on the matter, you can contact Governor Newsom at one of the following addresses:
Government Website: gov.ca.gov
Contact\Email: govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail
Campaign Website: gavinnewsom.com
YouTube: youtube.com/user/MayorGavinNewsom
Facebook: facebook.com/GavinNewsom
Twitter: twitter.com/gavinnewsom
Instagram: instagram.com/gavinnewsom
Whether she is turned loose on parole, or will remain in prison is now up to California governor Gavin Newsom.
If you have any thoughts on the matter, you can contact Governor Newsom at one of the following addresses:
Government Website: gov.ca.gov
Contact\Email: govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail
Campaign Website: gavinnewsom.com
YouTube: youtube.com/user/MayorGavinNewsom
Facebook: facebook.com/GavinNewsom
Twitter: twitter.com/gavinnewsom
Instagram: instagram.com/gavinnewsom
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arielilane
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A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings alongside cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole.
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Updated: May 30, 2023 / 03:25 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole.
The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former California Gov. Jerry Brown.
Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be paroled, California appeals court rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from p…
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Updated: May 30, 2023 / 03:25 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole.
The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former California Gov. Jerry Brown.
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Nope, never, dammit.A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings alongside cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole.
Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be paroled, California appeals court rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be released from p…
Updated: May 30, 2023 / 03:25 PM PDT
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole.
The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former California Gov. Jerry Brown.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again -- Anyone who initially receives the Death Penalty should never be paroled. Period. JMO. Grrrrr.
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This is awful - but at the same time I'm not surprised. Criminals everywhere - even violent ones - are being treated with way too much leniency.
This murdering criminal initially received the death penalty - and now they say that she should be released on parole?! Even if they believe that she is too elderly/infirm to re-offend at this point in her life - it doesn't matter. She committed heinous crimes & deserved the initial sentence that she received. And, she's lucky that she wasn't executed years ago.
This murdering criminal initially received the death penalty - and now they say that she should be released on parole?! Even if they believe that she is too elderly/infirm to re-offend at this point in her life - it doesn't matter. She committed heinous crimes & deserved the initial sentence that she received. And, she's lucky that she wasn't executed years ago.
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arielilane
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Feel so bad for the LaBianca families having to deal with the parole issue - give it a rest and change CA law - no parole. Life without parole! MOO
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Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife Rosemary. Van Houten was 19 at the time.
Manson follower Leslie Van Houten should be paroled, California appeals court rules
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let o…
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Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife Rosemary. Van Houten was 19 at the time.
Leo and Rosemary LaBianca were brutally murdered by followers of Charles Manson - including Leslie Van Houten, who stabbed Rosemary over and over again.
Tried and convicted of murder, Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to Death, but before sentence could be carried out, a US Supreme Court ruling made the death penalty unconstitutional. She was tried again following an appeal of her original trial, and again found guilty of murder and sentenced to Life in prison.
Here are photos of the victims, Leo and Rosemary:
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Tried and convicted of murder, Leslie Van Houten was sentenced to Death, but before sentence could be carried out, a US Supreme Court ruling made the death penalty unconstitutional. She was tried again following an appeal of her original trial, and again found guilty of murder and sentenced to Life in prison.
Here are photos of the victims, Leo and Rosemary:
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“Don’t Stab Me Anymore!”: The Horrifying Manson Family Murders Of Leno And Rosemary LaBianca
The night after killing Sharon Tate and her companions, the Manson Family stabbed a Los Angeles couple to death in their own home.
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arielilane
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Court sides with Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten: Parole refusal based on 'no evidence'
A California appellate panel ruled the governor lacked "some evidence" that one of the Charles Manson cult members behind the 1969 LaBianca murders poses a continuing danger to society.
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Court sides with Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten: Parole refusal based on 'no evidence'
A California appellate panel ruled the governor lacked "some evidence" that one of the Charles Manson cult members behind the 1969 LaBianca murders poses a continuing danger to society.
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May 31st, 2023, 11:23 am
California court sides with Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten: Governor refused parole based on ‘unsupported intuition’ and ‘no evidence’
A California appellate panel ruled in a 2-1 decision Tuesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom lacked “some evidence” that one of the Charles Manson cult members who murdered Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969 poses a continuing danger to society five decades later.
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“Given the extreme nature of the crime in which she was involved, I do not believe she has sufficiently demonstrated that she has come to terms with the totality of the factors that led her to participate in the vicious Manson Family killings. Before she can be safely released, Ms. Van Houten must do more to develop her understanding of the factors that caused her to seek acceptance from such a negative, violent influence, and perpetrate extreme acts of wanton violence,” he added.
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Court sides with Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten: Parole refusal based on 'no evidence'
A California appellate panel ruled the governor lacked "some evidence" that one of the Charles Manson cult members behind the 1969 LaBianca murders poses a continuing danger to society.
May 31st, 2023, 11:23 am
California court sides with Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten: Governor refused parole based on ‘unsupported intuition’ and ‘no evidence’
A California appellate panel ruled in a 2-1 decision Tuesday that Gov. Gavin Newsom lacked “some evidence” that one of the Charles Manson cult members who murdered Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969 poses a continuing danger to society five decades later.
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“Given the extreme nature of the crime in which she was involved, I do not believe she has sufficiently demonstrated that she has come to terms with the totality of the factors that led her to participate in the vicious Manson Family killings. Before she can be safely released, Ms. Van Houten must do more to develop her understanding of the factors that caused her to seek acceptance from such a negative, violent influence, and perpetrate extreme acts of wanton violence,” he added.
This is ridiculous.
Here’s “some evidence” that she should not be granted parole:
—She willingly, if not, enthusiastically, participated in the brutal massacre of people she did not even know. She mindlessly did this at the behest of a filthy disturbed career criminal. The fact that she was very young and the murders were decades ago do not erase the awful truth that she did these things.
— Laws are written to exact justice. Laws are also written to exact punishment. Sometimes prison is for a chance to turn one’s life around, to be released back into society. Like a burglar or shoplifter or maybe even a physical altercation. Prison is also for punishment, to say to someone “we could let you out, but your time is prison is the PUNISHMENT you earned by committing such a heinous crime.”
It’s good I guess that LVH has come to terms with her demons, maybe. She has spent her rehab time in prison well it would appear. Now she needs to serve the punishment phase.
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Perhaps the most telling evidence against Leslie Van Houten is that she KNEW exactly what she was heading into when she and the others broke into the home of Leo and Rosemary LaBianca. She knew that they were planning to torture and savagely murder them. This is because the night before, others in her group did exactly that at the Sharon Tate home.
This was not just a fun night out and things got out of hand. That group went to the LaBianca home with the full knowledge of what they were going to do and they brought their weapons with them. She could have backed out. She could have tried to convince the others to NOT kill. She could have turned her knife on the others in an attempt to save Leo and Rosemary.
But instead, she chose to participate fully and gleefully. And afterward, she sang and laughed about it all with no sympathy or empathy for the two lives she took.
She has had 54 years in prison to think about what she did. Has she really reformed - or would she kill again? She is probably truly sorry - that she was caught.
Anyone want her as a neighbor?
This was not just a fun night out and things got out of hand. That group went to the LaBianca home with the full knowledge of what they were going to do and they brought their weapons with them. She could have backed out. She could have tried to convince the others to NOT kill. She could have turned her knife on the others in an attempt to save Leo and Rosemary.
But instead, she chose to participate fully and gleefully. And afterward, she sang and laughed about it all with no sympathy or empathy for the two lives she took.
She has had 54 years in prison to think about what she did. Has she really reformed - or would she kill again? She is probably truly sorry - that she was caught.
Anyone want her as a neighbor?
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Manson family member Leslie Van Houten should be granted parole and released, California appeals court rules | CNN
A California Appeals Court has paved the way for Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, to be granted parole – but a lengthy legal battle likely lies ahead.
www.cnn.com
What does concurrent "seven years to LIFE sentences" mean? That would mean, that you stay in jail, until you die. INMO. Not, release on probation because you are a little old lady.
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arielilane
Justice for Liz Barraza
Oh my goodness! I had no idea the granddaughter of the #Labiancas, killed by #Manson cult members including #LeslieVanHouten, was brutally stabbed to death 3 years ago. How this family must feel. Horrible. Rest in Peace Adriana.
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December 11, 2020
DENVER — The brutal July slaying of a Denver woman has again made headlines this week after she was publicly identified as the granddaughter of Rosemary LaBianca, one of seven people killed in the Manson family’s infamous two-day killing spree in 1969 Los Angeles.
Ariana Jean Wolk, 40, was found dead July 3 in her Oneida Street apartment, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said. Jose Sandoval-Romero, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder in Wolk’s death.
Granddaughter of Manson family victim Rosemary LaBianca fatally stabbed in Denver apartment
Jose Sandoval-Romero, 24, of Denver, is charged with first-degree murder in the July 3, 2020, stabbing death of Adriana Jean Wolk, granddaughter of Manson family murder victim Rosemary LaBianca. Rosemary LaBianca and her husband, Leno LaBianca, were brutally slain Aug. 9, 1969, the second night...
December 11, 2020
DENVER — The brutal July slaying of a Denver woman has again made headlines this week after she was publicly identified as the granddaughter of Rosemary LaBianca, one of seven people killed in the Manson family’s infamous two-day killing spree in 1969 Los Angeles.
Ariana Jean Wolk, 40, was found dead July 3 in her Oneida Street apartment, the Denver District Attorney’s Office said. Jose Sandoval-Romero, 24, has been charged with first-degree murder in Wolk’s death.