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“They said he lacks empathy,” the inmate’s attorney said
Since 2016, parole boards have recommended five times that Leslie Van Houten be freed from prison
Her attorney says she should be released because she’s been a model inmate for more than four decades
She was twice recommended for parole by a state panel, the last time in 2017, and her lawyer expects a similar decision this time
Leslie Van Houten was found guilty of taking part in the brutal killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca in 1971
Gov. Jerry Brown said in his decision that Leslie Van Houten still lays too much of the blame on Charles Manson
“It’s going to be a food fight,” said probate attorney Adam Streisand
A spokeswoman for the California DOC and Rehabilitation says the mass killer is still alive Thursday
A DOC spokeswoman declined to say whether the leader of the notorious Manson family has been hospitalized
A panel delayed making a decision on whether to release an accomplice of cult killer Charles Manson who is the longest-serving female inmate in California