Leslie Van Houten, member of the Manson family, is expected to be released from prison, said the court
She was convicted of the murders of Labianca in 1969, which took place at the age of 19.
Despite the crimes of Manson family Taking place over 50 years ago, legal proceedings involving certain members of his cult is continuing today. Some of his disciples have passed and Charles Manson He himself died in prison in 2017, but others were released from prison or are still serving sentences. A member who remains imprisoned is Leslie Van Houten , which was sentenced to death in 1971. This sentence was then commissioned to perpetuity.
During the years that followed his imprisonment, Van Houten had more than 20 parole hearings, and now there is a new development in his request for liberation. On Tuesday, May 30, a California court of appeal suggested that the 73 -year -old man be released from prison to parole. This reverses a previous decision by the governor. Gavin Newsom .
However, the suggestion of the court alone does not mean that Van Houten will be released after having served more than 50 years. Read the rest to find out more about what could happen next.
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Van Houten was sentenced to Labianca murders.
As a member of the Manson family, Van Houten participated in the murders of Leno And Rosemary Labianca , which took place in August 1969. The couple was killed the day after the Manson family mastery by murdering five others, including the actor Sharon Tate . At the time, Van Houten was 19 years old. During various trials in the 1970s, Van Houten was found guilty of two murder leaders and a conspiracy court to commit murder. She was sentenced to death, but her sentence was automatically changed to perpetuity with parole due to a change of law. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Van Houten was denied the release several times.
Van Houten had more than 20 parole hearings during his imprisonment, after his eligibility for parole in 1977. The commission of parole first recommended for his release of prison in 2016, as reported by CNN. Since then, the governments of California. Jerry Brown And Newsom rejected the recommendation of the Conditional Liberations Commission five times collectively.
More recently, in 2022, Newsom said: "Ms. Van Houten continues to lack sufficient understanding of risk factors that have led to her violent conduct in the past and to the skills necessary to protect herself from it to become sensitive to similar pressures in the future." The governor also said that Van Houten had not "properly explained why she had joined and remained in a violent worship or the trigger factors that led her to assassinate Ms. Labianca."
At the time, Van Houten said in a press release through his lawyer: "I am disappointed and I will continue my legal paths."
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A court of appeal has now judged that it should be released.
As indicated by the Associated Press, a California court of appeal ruled on Tuesday May 30 that Van Houten should be released from prison . This decision cancels a decision in 2020 by Newsom. The judges of the second district court of appeal in Los Angeles voted 2-1 for the release of Van Houten.
"Van Houten has shown extraordinary rehabilitation efforts, information, remorse, realistic parole plans, support from family and friends, favorable institutional reports and, at the time of the governor's decision, had received four Successive subsidies of parole ", the two judges who vote for his written release. "Although the governor declares that the historic factors of Van Houten" remain salient ", he does not identify anything in the file indicating that Van Houten has failed to approach these factors through many years of therapy, programming of drug addiction and other efforts. "
As the AP reports, the dissident judge agreed with Newsom that there is evidence that Van Houten lacks understanding of murders.
The decision could still be blocked.
The decision of the Court of Appeal does not mean that Van Houten will be immediately released from prison or perhaps released. According to the Associated Press, Governor Newsom can ask the California Attorney General ROB BONTA Discover the Supreme Court of California to stop its release. Van Houten's lawyer, Nancy Tetreault , told CNN that She expects it to happen . Tetrault also said that it expects the prosecutor's office to file a request for a suspension, which means that Van Houten will not be published while the case is underway. The lawyer said that she would oppose it.
In addition, CNN has indicated that if the decision of the Court of Appeal becomes final, Van Houten will be examined by the board of directors of the hearings, which will determine if new developments mean that it should not be released. If the council confirms that it should always be granted a parole, the California Department of Corrections and rehabilitations would deal with it for the Liberation.
