Van Houten, 72, “currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time,” Newsom voiced in his parole review. It was the fifth time that a California governor has denied her release.
Her attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, argued that view and said the decision will be appealed in court. He accused Newsom of denying parole because he is worried about “his political future” and noted that Van Houten has a spotless prison disciplinary record.
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“We’re not fighting (over) Leslie being a good person. She’s proven that through her actions for half a century,” he stated.
Van Houten is doing a life sentence for helping Manson and others kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary, in August 1969. Van Houten was 19 when she and other cult members fatally stabbed the LaBiancas and spread the couple’s blood on the walls.
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The day before, other Manson followers, not including Van Houten, killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and four others. In his refusal letter, Newsom noted that Van Housen had experienced therapy, acquired educational degrees and taken self-help classes in prison, and had shown “increased maturity and rehabilitation.” But Van Houten also has “gaps in insight” that continue to make her a threat to society, Newsom declared.
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Van Houten has had 21 parole hearings since 1982. Most parole boards renounced her bid for freedom. But five panels have suggested her release since 2016, saying she had expressed remorse and was no longer a threat to public safety.
Newsom rejected a recommendation made last November. He formerly reversed parole recommendations in 2019 and 2020. In February, the California Supreme Court refused to hear Van Houten’s appeal against the 2020 rejection.
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Previous Gov. Jerry Brown disclaimed Van Houten’s parole in 2016 and 2018.
While many hailed Newsom for his continual rejection to let Van Houten and other infamous murders in California’s prison system, such as RFK assassin Sirhan Sirhan, others claimed that Van Houten had served her time for a crime that happened over 50 years ago. Van Houten’s attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, contended on Tuesday that Van Houten was unfairly declined parole by Newsom.
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“Newsom rejected parole because he is worried about his political future,” Pfeiffer stated. “Van Houten has a spotless prison disciplinary record. We’re not fighting over Leslie being a good person. She’s proven that through her actions for half a century.”
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Many law and political experts have commented that the release of Van Houten is highly improbable, even with continued parole board recommendations, due in part to many younger generations being made aware of the brutal murders in current movies and TV shows, older generations remembering the murders when they happened, as well as political fallout stemming from such a release of an infamous criminal.
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To date, despite hundreds of parole requests by Manson family members, including Charles Manson himself, dating back to the 1970s, only one, Steve “Clem” Grogan, has been discharged. As of 2022, Grogan’s 1985 release has been the only time a Manson Family member ever walked out of prison a free person.
Manson died in 2017 of natural causes at a California hospital while serving a life sentence.
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