Opinion: Former Manson follower Leslie Van Houten earned parole a long time ago. Let her out of prison.
Last week, an appeals court reversed a 2020 denial of her parole by Gov. Gavin Newsom after the parole board recommended her parole for the fifth consecutive time. Newsom concluded she “currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time,” a finding based in part on his view that she “continues to lack sufficient insight into the risk factors” that resulted in her crimes half a century ago.
Indeed, Newsom’s own denial of her parole notes that she “has participated in and facilitated self-help programming, including anger management, violence prevention, and substance abuse prevention courses.” She has earned college degrees and vocational training as well as having a problem-free disciplinary record.
Speaking directly to Newsom’s objection that she “continues to lack sufficient insight,” the court notes that a forensic psychologist concluded in 2018 that, “Ms. Van Houten’s expressions of remorse for the victims appeared genuine. At present, the risk factor, lack of insight, is not present.”in support of her parole. As one parole commissioner told her back in 2016, “[If] you are not rehabilitated, I don’t know who is.
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