She's not out yet. Her hearing isn't until mid-November, but with Governor Newsome no longer objecting to her release... Considering she was originally sentenced to death, she ought to be imprisoned for life. I remember the horrific murders by the Manson gang.
shareShe should be. All she did was stab an already likely dead body. She's been in prison far longer than she should have. There are prisoners who have done FAR worse than she has, and they're already out. She's only in prison because of the politics with the Manson association.
Tex Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel should never get out though. I make the exception for LVH. She's done her time.
--Michael D. Clarke
I simply don't agree - anyone associated with those murders should never get out. She was sentenced to death and only got off from that because California abolished the death penalty.
shareIt's unfortunate this case has a bias because it is so notorious and famous which clouds people's judgement.
I'm also looking at this from a business perspective. She is 73 years old and was 19 when the crime was committed. She's already served over half a century. At this point, she is not a threat to society. It would save taxpayers tons of money to let her go. Think of where all that money could go to. It could improve California's infrastructure, highways, etc.
Her crime was that she stabbed an already (likely) dead lady who was stabbed earlier by Tex Watson over 40 times with a bayonet. Her crime isn't even all that bad compared to her co-defendants. She was not even there at Sharon Tate's house the prior night.
--Michael D. Clarke
Yes, I know she had nothing to do with the Tate murders, but she most definitely participated in the murders the following night.
shareShe fucked up, she realizes it now, but she forfeited her right to live among us.
shareIt's unfortunate this case has a bias because it is so notorious and famous which clouds people's judgement.
I'm also looking at this from a business perspective. She is 73 years old and was 19 when the crime was committed. She's already served over half a century. At this point, she is not a threat to society. It would save taxpayers tons of money to let her go. Think of where all that money could go to. It could improve California's infrastructure, highways, etc.
Her crime was that she stabbed an already (likely) dead lady who was stabbed earlier by Tex Watson over 40 times with a bayonet. Her crime isn't even all that bad compared to her co-defendants. She was not even there at Sharon Tate's house the prior night.
--Michael D. Clarke
Van Houten later described holding Rosemary LaBianca down with a pillowcase over her head as others stabbed her, before herself stabbing the woman more than a dozen times.
https://www.npr.org/2023/07/08/1186623193/california-governor-parole-manson-follower-leslie-van-houten
And at 73 what will she do when she gets out? You think she will suddenly become an asset to society and make enough to pay her bills and not rely on some kind of government assistance?
It's nice to think that prison rehabilitates people, but it is also a punishment and some debts to society can never be repaid.
Too bad California abolished the death penalty and the entire group got off. I'm opposed to the death penalty when only circumstantial evidence results in a conviction, but dammit - these scum admitted to the killings and some joked about them. They should have given them the needle years ago.
Agree.
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