Thread: Former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten released from California prison

I'm astonished considering the brutality of what they did. She should definitely die in prison.

Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, a prison spokesperson told CNN.

Van Houten was released to parole supervision, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Mary Xjimenez said. Van Houten will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year, Xjimenez said.

Van Houten, now in her 70s, was 19 when she met Manson and joined the murderous cult that came to be called the “Manson family.”

Prior to her release on Tuesday, she was serving concurrent sentences of seven years to life after she was convicted in 1971 for her role in the killings of supermarket executive Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, at their Los Angeles home.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office on Friday announced it would not challenge a state appellate court’s panel ruling in May that opened the possibility of parole for Van Houten, clearing the path to her release.

“More than 50 years after the Manson cult committed these brutal offenses, the victims’ families still feel the impact, as do all Californians. Governor Newsom reversed Ms. Van Houten’s parole grant three times since taking office and defended against her challenges of those decisions in court,” Erin Mellon, a spokesperson for the governor, said Friday.

“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. The California Supreme Court accepts appeals in very few cases, and generally does not select cases based on this type of fact-specific determination,” Melton said.

A family member of celebrity hair stylist Jay Sebring, who was killed by the Manson cult in 1969, said he disagrees with the decision by the governor’s office to not challenge Van Houten’s parole.

“I certainly have respect for Governor Newsom and the attorney general,” Sebring’s nephew, Anthony DiMaria, told CNN’s Laura Coates on Tuesday night. “But our families strongly, vehemently, disagree with their decision not to file an appeal.”

DiMaria called Van Houten a “cold-blooded killer in one of the most notorious murder rampages in United States history,” and said her release sets a “dangerous, pernicious precedent.”

Van Houten’s attorney, Nancy Tetreault, told CNN’s John Berman Tuesday night that her client has “gone through courses to confront what she did – to take responsibility for what she did,” along with “40 years of psych evaluation” to gain parole.

Leslie Van Houten: Former Manson family member released from California prison, official says | CNN

Probably more of a punishment releasing her now. She won't know how to do anything in 2023 Real Life.

^ I was thinking the same thing. What to do now I'm out? Probably better off staying inside...

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

I'm astonished considering the brutality of what they did. She should definitely die in prison.

Why are you starting a news thread with a personal opinion? Are you a retard?


Good for her. Hopefully she'll enjoy some good ol' daily oil massages, getting rogered and enjoying a few steaks, and not only have an existence of nappy changes and eating chicken puree.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Why are you starting a news thread with a personal opinion? Are you a retard?

At this point, I just do it because I know it enrages you, you pathetic little snowflake.

Originally Posted by armstrong

Probably more of a punishment releasing her now. She won't know how to do anything in 2023 Real Life.

But she'll have choices. She doesn't deserve any.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Are you a retard?

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

enrages you

The question is answered with a yes.

Van Houten, now in her 70s, was 19 when she met Manson and joined the murderous cult

We all had a good ol' wild youth. Well, most of us. Foked should we still be paying for it after 50+ years of American imprisonment.





"she was known by aliases such as Louella Alexandria, Leslie Marie Sankston, Linda Sue Owens and Lulu"

It couldn't be, could it.


Go on Luv, get a good ol' Lulu'ing.

Originally Posted by Edmond

We all had a good ol' wild youth. Well, most of us. Foked should we still be paying for it after 50+ years

Won't be expecting an invitation for your Golden Wedding then




Yeah, 50 years ?

Unimagenable

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

But she'll have choices. She doesn't deserve any.

She was brainwashed and on acid. She has spent most of the last 50 years trying to atone for her crimes.

the murdering bitch should have been fried in the chair.

Originally Posted by taxexile

the murdering bitch should have been fried in the chair.

Essentially, yes. All of them should have been.

Originally Posted by taxexile

the murdering bitch should have been fried in the chair.

Wrong state for that.

I guess she won't need to go looking for a job.

Australia would confiscate her earnings.
It has The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (the Act), which established a scheme to confiscate proceeds of crime and allows for confiscated funds to be used to benefit the community.


Leslie Van Houten Net Worth: How much money does the last Manson Family Member have now that she's free? | Marca


Currently, Leslie Van Houten is 73 years old and she will attempt to live the final years of her life in the outside world after so many decades locked up. According to Forbes, Leslie Van Houten's actual net worth is $15 million. This net worth doesn't mean Leslie Van Houten has that kind of money to spend. It is actually unknown how much liquid cash she actually has. Over the years, the many deals for interviews and book deals she completed racked up that sum of money. California Governor Gavin Newsom blocked Van Houten's parole three times before the Court of Appeals made this decision to release her.

Wow! That’s unreal.