Leslie Van Houten, a former follower of Charles Manson, was released from a California jail on Tuesday, after serving more than fifty years of a life sentence for two heinous murders.
Van Houten, now aged 73, was a member of the “Manson family” at the age of 19, participated in the 1969 murder of a Los Angeles grocery store owner and his wife.
The governors of California rejected her parole requests five times in the past. A state appeals court eventually overturned that judgment.
Van Houten was the youngest Manson follower to be found guilty of murder.
“It took her a long time to separate herself from the cult mentality and accept responsibility for her misdeeds. She received counseling for years.” Said Nancy Tetreault, Van Houten’s attorney.
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