For almost five decades, Leslie Louise Van Houten (prisoner W-I3378 at the California Institution for Women in Chino) has appeared, with relentless regularity, before the California parole board in ...

Board recommends parole for Leslie Van Houten, 19 at the time of the murders. — -- Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, now 66, was "numb" when she learned a panel recommended her ...

Leslie Van Houten was released from prison last week, 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 ...

As Lyle and Erik Menendez await their parole hearing set for August after serving more than three decades for the shotgun murders of their parents in Beverly Hills, the attorney for another convicted ...

This isn’t a column about Leslie Van Houten. This is a column about the often competing virtues of justice versus mercy. But the news event that started me thinking (again) about those dueling ...

(NEW YORK) — Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was released from prison on Tuesday after serving 53 years behind bars, according to the California Department of Corrections and ...

(NEW YORK) — The sister of Sharon Tate says Leslie Van Houten, the “Manson family” member who was just recommended for parole, is a “monster” who is “still capable of great brutality.” “I sit as far ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom overruled a parole board's decision to free Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on Monday, marking the third time a governor has stopped the ...