At 19, Leslie Van Houten is escorted by two deputy sheriffs as she leaves a courtroom in Los Angeles on Dec. 19, 1969. (George Brich / Associated Press) Denied by two governors and forever linked to ...

Leslie Van Houten, a convicted murderer and follower of Charles Manson, has been freed from prison on parole after serving more than 50 years of a life sentence. Her attorney Nancy Tetreault told The ...

Leslie Van Houten was released from prison Tuesday, something I never believed would happen. Not because it shouldn’t, but because it has always seemed to be political suicide to allow it. Part of the ...

LOS ANGELES — A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on ...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was released from a California prison Tuesday, four days after Gov. Gavin Newsom's office announced it would no longer challenge ...

As a scholar on cults, I have studied countless individuals and groups that have made headlines worldwide. The complex, highly controversial case of Leslie Van Houten, a former follower of Charles ...

Charles Manson devotee Leslie Van Houten was sprung from a California prison Tuesday morning after spending the last 53 years behind bars. Van Houten, who was hit with a life sentence for her role in ...

To the editor: Where is the justice for Rosemary and Leno LaBianca, their family and our society in Leslie Van Houten’s parole? Anti-death-penalty advocates constantly assure us that life in prison is ...