Leslie Van Houten

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday blocked parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, reversing a panel’s recommendation that she be freed after spending a half-century in prison.

Since 2016, parole boards have recommended five times that Van Houten be freed from prison. Former Gov. Jerry Brown and current Gov. Gavin Newsom have blocked her parole four time

A California panel has recommended parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, who has spent nearly five decades in prison.

A state appeals court panel Wednesday rejected a bid to release former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten or her own recognizance or bail after an inmate in her prison housing unit tested positive for coronavirus.

Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Manson “family” murder case.

A California appeals court on Wednesday questioned whether it has jurisdiction to decide on parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten or whether the issue becomes moot after the governor weighs in.

Charles Manson, who died Sunday, didn’t carry out many of the horrifying crimes he’s known for — they were executed by his cult, the so-called Manson Family. NBC News examined where its most prominent members are today, including Patricia Krenwinkel, California’s longest-serving female prisoner The 69-year-old was denied parole 13 times. She helped murder the LaBianca family and stabbed coffee...

Leslie Van Houten, who was only 19 when she killed for Charles Manson, was granted parole after appearing in front of a parole board for the 21st time. California Gov. Jerry Brown, however, has the power to overrule the decision. Patrick Healy reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2017.

Leslie Van Houten, the youngest of Charles Manson’s murderous followers, was recommended for parole Wednesday by a state panel that concluded she has radically changed her life during the more than 40 years she has been in prison for two brutal murders she helped commit 48 years ago and is no longer a threat to society.

A woman once under the spell of Charles Manson testified Thursday that the violent and manipulative cult leader threatened to have her die a painful death if she left the ranch where they lived. Catherine Share told a Los Angeles Superior Court judge that Manson once severely beat her and got a male cult member to vow that if she...

Cult leader Charles Manson is back in a Central California prison after a reported hospital stay for an unspecified medical problem.

Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after orchestrating the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, died Sunday after nearly a half-century in prison. He was 83. Manson, whose name to this day is synonymous with unspeakable violence and madness,...

California parole officials recommended Thursday that Charles “Tex” Watson, the self-described right-hand man of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, should remain in prison 47 years after he helped plan and carry out the slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people. Watson’s 17th parole hearing was held at Mule Creek State Prison, near Sacramento. He can seek parole...

Gov. Jerry Brown reversed a parole board and denied on Friday the release of a former Charles Manson follower who served more than 43 years in prison.