Showing posts with label parole. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parole. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Manson follower denied parole for 19th time


"I apologize for the pain I caused," she said.


I don't doubt that the Victims were in pain as they were being repeatedly stabbed , but she did not just cause "Pain" she caused Death !

when you commit Murder you should Pay , she got lucky and was spared the Death Penalty .

Continue to rot Leslie !

Detnews.com
Chino, Calif. -- The aging inmate, her face wrinkled with time and her gray hair drawn in a bun, listened as her lawyer argued that the Leslie Van Houten seated before the parole board is a changed woman from the young Charles Manson follower who participated in two savage murders 41 years ago.

"People can and do change," attorney Brandie Devall said.

But the two-member panel was unswayed Tuesday, and Van Houten was denied a parole date for a 19th time and told to come back to the board in three years.

Van Houten, who last appeared before a parole board in 2007, showed no response to the decision and was taken back to her cell.

The only words the 60-year-old spoke during the hearing at the California Institution for Women were from a prepared statement apologizing to the family of her victims. She also gave the family members a private letter.

"I apologize for the pain I caused," she said.


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