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.
Newsom has said that Van Houten still poses a danger to society. In rejecting her parole, he said she offered an inconsistent and inadequate explanation for her involvement with Manson at the time of the killings. They also argued against Newsom's suggestion that her past violent acts were a cause for future concern were she to be released.
Nancy Tetreault, Van Houten's attorney, said she expects Newsom to request that Bonta ask the state Supreme Court to review the lower court's decision, a process that could take years.
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