Posted on 07/08/2023 3:07:24 AM PDT by fwdude
Gov. Gavin Newsom will not challenge a California appellate court’s decision to allow parole for Leslie Van Houten, moving the former follower of Charles Manson closer to release after more than 50 years behind bars.
“The governor is disappointed by the Court of Appeal’s decision to release Ms. Van Houten, but will not pursue further action as efforts to further appeal are unlikely to succeed,” Newsom’s communications director, Erin Mellon, said in a statement Friday.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
For those unaware of this notorious hippie crime spree:
“Van Houten, who was 19 at the time of the murders, put a pillowcase over Rosemary LaBianca’s head and stabbed her more than a dozen times. The group of Manson followers also smeared the LaBiancas’ blood on the walls of the couple’s Los Feliz home.”
I heard about this pending parole yesterday, life in prison means nothing anymore, I don’t care if Leslie Van Houten appears sympathetic to the public, she was part of a cult that cold blooded murdered two completely innocent people.
I heard about this pending parole yesterday, life in prison means nothing anymore, I don’t care if Leslie Van Houten appears sympathetic to the public, she was part of a cult that cold blooded murdered two completely innocent people.
No, it doesn’t. Remember how the left shrieks about the death penalty and then advocated for life without parole instead for capital crimes? Well, they don’t even really mean that either.
Maybe a stern talking to by a social worker would be the sentence they’d be happy with.
I don’t care if Leslie Van Houten has been in prison for over 50 years, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca are dead with no chance to do anything.
If you listen to her, she seems remorseful and sympathetic, that doesn’t matter, two people are dead and were completely innocent.
The Party of Perversion AND Criminal Enablement
How about Bobby Beausoliel?
I doubt Mrs. Newsome’s little Gavin has ever heard of Charlie Manson and what he did.
It would be delicious karma if someone pulled a pillow over Leslie Van Houten’s head and stabbed her 19 times.
Of course, as long as the attacker was remorseful and sympathetic, it would be OK. /spit
Good point. Dems are erasing history so anyone under 50 may not even be aware of the atrocities committed by these animals.
Just wait til she gets out and realizes that it’s not 1969 anymore…
She’ll be begging and screaming at the prison gates to let her back in.
True, it’s my understanding that Leslie Van Houten didn’t take part in the Sharon Tate murders the night before, which is why I only mentioned two.
as time marches on, i guess it diminishes everything. Up until i guess now, this would have been political suicide. Most adults over 30 from back then are dead and gone now....but some things, when closely examined never change, and that the Tate/Labianca murders are still one of the worst crimes in this Countries history...esp the Sharon Tate murder. Guess thats why i really liked the Tarantino movies ending....if only.
That is SO wrong. Who cares that the murderess has been in prison a LONG time and is remorseful? From the article: . . . “ the decades of therapy, self-help programming and reflection Van Houten has undergone in the past 50 years.”
Once she’s out she gets to learn “skills necessary for modern daily life, such as using a smartphone and getting a debit card,” Tetreault said.
In spite of spending over 50 years in prison, she found out that, eventually, CRIME DOES PAY.
Somebody will “solve this problem”.
“Life sentence” in most states is 15 years. In California it’s 25-30 years, unless it’s “Life without parole”.
btt
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