Leslie Van Houten spent 53 years in prison for the murders ... Gavin Newsom said he wouldn’t fight a California appellate court’s decision to grant her parole. Newsom had fought previous ...

The California Supreme Court has rejected a potential bid for freedom by Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten following Gov. Gavin Newsom’s rejection of her parole in Dec. 2020. The ...

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten one step closer to parole from life sentence California’s governor announced Friday that he won’t ask the state Supreme Court to block parole for ...