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Charles Manson supporter Leslie Van Houten denied parole again by California governor
Fox News ^ | January 20, 2018 | Fox News/AP

Posted on 01/20/2018 8:47:27 AM PST by jazusamo

Gov. Jerry Brown D-Calif. has once again denied parole for Leslie Van Houten, the youngest follower of late murderous cult leader Charles Manson who blamed herself at her parole hearing Friday for letting him control her life.

Brown said in his decision that Van Houten, 68, still laid too much of the blame on Manson, who died two months ago at 83.

Brown acknowledged that Van Houten's youth at the time of the crime, her more than four decades as a model prisoner and her abuse at the hands of Manson make it worth considering her release. While in prison, Van Houten has received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees and was an “exceptional” tutor, Brown wrote.

"However," he wrote in his decision "these factors are outweighed by negative factors that demonstrate she remains unsuitable for parole."

Van Houten is serving life for the murders of wealthy grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, when Vshe was 19. They were stabbed a day after other Manson followers killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four other people in Los Angeles. Van Houten was not with the group during murder of Tate, director Roman Polanski’s wife and four others.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: jerrybrown; mansonfamily; paroledenied; vanhouten
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To: laweeks

She would be dead had not California overturned the death penalty for a short time and commuted her sentence to life in prison.


21 posted on 01/20/2018 9:27:10 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Yes he got this one right. I don’t care where Leslie lays the blame; she was part of the murders.

She must NEVER be set free. They can read a Bible and ask for forgiveness. But they forfeited their right to walk among the public while on Earth.


22 posted on 01/20/2018 9:43:58 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: jazusamo

Oh c’mon....let her out so she can fund raise for Democrats...


23 posted on 01/20/2018 9:51:23 AM PST by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocke)
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To: Nevadan

Lesley van Houten killed the LoBiancas — not Sharon Tate and friends; however, that is bad enough and her crime received a shout out from Bill Ayer’s wife, Bernadine Dhorn.


24 posted on 01/20/2018 9:51:58 AM PST by Stepan12 (It is Civll War right now..)
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To: jazusamo

the only reason he denied parole is that those killed were part of his social circle of friends. if the people killed were not a part of this aleet circle she would of gotten parole 20 years ago...I am not saying she should be released just commenting on the fact that who gets parole has a lot to do with who the victim is if you are a democrat politician.


25 posted on 01/20/2018 9:53:48 AM PST by PCPOET7
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To: jazusamo
Jerry Brown did good for only the second time.
26 posted on 01/20/2018 9:55:08 AM PST by Slyfox (Not my circus, not my monkeys)
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To: Slyfox

Good point, agreed.


27 posted on 01/20/2018 9:58:05 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

O’Bozo must have missed her clemency appeal in the stack when he sprang “Chelsea” Manning from prison.


28 posted on 01/20/2018 10:27:29 AM PST by txrefugee
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To: jazusamo

I remember too. I will never forget that trial. It is sad that one nut could have that much control over others. Just like Jim Jones.


29 posted on 01/20/2018 10:33:41 AM PST by MamaB (Heb :)
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To: txrefugee

[O’Bozo must have missed her clemency appeal in the stack when he sprang “Chelsea” Manning from prison.]

Yah, but women are not a priority for Barack Hussein Obama.

Just sayin’.....

(not that she should ever go free - see my earlier comment)


30 posted on 01/20/2018 10:36:15 AM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MamaB
Just like Jim Jones.

You're right on the mark, it blows me away that some people can control others like that, David Koresh was another one.

31 posted on 01/20/2018 10:46:06 AM PST by jazusamo (Have YOU Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
God is so unimaginely pure, perfect, and infinitely good, that in his eyes there is not a dime's worth of difference between Van Houten and any one of us.
"Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin did my mother conceive me." — Psalm 51:5
I am ever thankful for His grace and mercy.
 
32 posted on 01/20/2018 10:49:22 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (CNN is fake news.)
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To: jazusamo

I have read some Livy a roman historian. Patrician families let him read speeches and tales of their generals and senators n their families. Many Roman generals had chroniclers of their speeches.

They are encouraging their soldiers to give their lives for the gods and the glory of Rome. So the practices of brainwashing has been round along time and what’e more evident then getting people fight to their death so that the rich and wealthy can have an empire and live in luxury.


33 posted on 01/20/2018 11:02:18 AM PST by morphing libertarian (Build Kate's Wall)
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To: jazusamo

Ah but if you are an illegal and kill someone you go free in California.


34 posted on 01/21/2018 12:17:04 AM PST by Mozilla (Truth Is Stranger than Fiction)
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