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    A former Manson Family member is free, after her parole was reversed 5 times

    Leslie Van Houten was denied parole more than 20 times — including five reversals from California's governor's office — over the brutal murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969.
    by Bill Chappell Jul 12, 2023 3 minutes
    Leslie Van Houten is now living in a halfway house in California, after an appeals court upheld her grant of parole. She's seen here speaking to Board of Prison Terms commissioners in 2002.

    Leslie Van Houten, whose devotion to Charles Manson resulted in her participating in the brutal murders of a married couple inside their Los Angeles home in 1969, is free after spending 53 years in custody.

    Van Houten, who is in her 70s, left the California Institution for Women in Corona on Tuesday, less than a week after Gov. Gavin Newsom said he would not fight a state appeals court's ruling that said the former "Manson Family" member should be granted parole.

    "Ms. Van Houten was released on parole July 11, 2023 and was picked up by a

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