Leslie Van Houten attends a parole listening to on the California Establishment for Ladies on Sept. 6, 2017 in Corona, Calif. (Stan Lim/The Orange County Register through AP, Pool)
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. --
The California Supreme Court docket has denied a possible bid for freedom by Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten following Gov. Gavin Newsom's rejection of her parole.
The courtroom on Wednesday refused to listen to Van Houten's attraction of a decrease courtroom ruling final December that denied her petition for a assessment.
That petition challenged what it termed a denial of due course of by Newsom in reversing a 2020 parole board advice. It additionally mentioned Newsom had refused to supply paperwork indicating when the board referred the case to him and argued that there was a "robust risk"" that he exceeded a 30-day time restrict for assessment.
An e-mail to Van Houten's lawyer, Wealthy Pfeiffer, looking for remark wasn't instantly returned Thursday night time.
Van Houten, 72, is serving a life sentence for serving to Manson and different cult members kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his spouse, Rosemary, in August 1969. She was 19 when she and different followers fatally stabbed the LaBiancas and smeared their blood on the partitions.
The slayings got here the day after different Manson followers, however not Van Houten, killed pregnant actress Sharon Tate and 4 others.
In 2020, the parole panel beneficial that Van Houten be free of jail, saying that she "doesn't pose an unreasonable danger to public security" and had proven regret for her crimes. Newsom, nevertheless reversed the choice, saying she did pose an "unreasonable hazard" if launched.
Since 2016, parole boards have beneficial 5 instances that Van Houten be free of jail. Then-Gov. Jerry Brown and Newsom have blocked her parole 4 instances. The fifth advice got here final November and stays underneath procedural assessment.
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