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    Leslie Van Houten, former Manson family member, released from prison after 5 decades

    by Christian Martinez, Summer Lin, Salvador Hernandez and Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times Jul 11, 2023 4 minutes
    Corrections officer Sandra Fuentes, left, assists inmate Leslie Van Houten, right, as arrives for her parole hearing before members of the Board of Prison Terms June 28, 2002, at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California.

    LOS ANGELES — Capping a decadeslong quest for freedom, former Manson family member Leslie Van Houten was released from prison Tuesday after more than five decades behind bars for horrific murders that stunned the nation.

    The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Van Houten, 73, was “released to parole supervision.” She had been serving a life sentence for her role in the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in Los Angeles in 1969.

    Gov. Gavin Newsom denied Van Houten’s parole three times, and Gov. Jerry Brown also had denied Van Houten’s parole when he was in office.

    But Newsom was overruled

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