“Given the extreme nature of the crime in which she was involved, I don’t think she has shown enough that she agrees with the completeness of the factors that led her to participate in the evil Monsoon family murder.” His decision.
News added that despite Van Huten’s productive time in prison – he earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree and completed “extensive” self-help programming – the negative factors of his involvement in the murder outweighed the positive factors.
She was 19 when she met Charles Manson and, according to parole documents, became part of her murderous cult known as the “Murder Family.”
On August 10, 1969, she and other members of the Manson family brutally attacked Leno and Rosemary Labinka at their home in Los Angeles. Van Houghton was arrested on November 25, 1969.
Van Houten was sentenced to death in 1971, but the death sentence was abolished a year later. Her first conviction was also overturned, as her lawyer died before the hearing could be completed. He was tried twice more – ending in a death jury – and was sentenced to life in prison after a 1978 conviction.
News said he understood that Van Huten was 19 years old at the time of the crime and the psychologist who assessed him said it was possible that his involvement in her murder was “significantly affected” by youth factors, such as controlling her impulses and emotions. Disability.
“Before she can be safely released, Ms. Van Heuten should do more to develop her understanding of the factors that led her to accept such negative, violent influence, and the extreme acts of violence perpetrated.”
This is her 23rd appeal and the fourth time the board has found Van Huten eligible for release. Its previous three approvals for publication were approved by the former government. Was blocked by Jerry Brown and once by Newsm.
CNN’s Artemis Mushtagian, Amir Vera and Elliott McLaughlin contributed to the report.
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