California governor denies parole for Manson follower

SACRAMENTO: Leslie Van Houten, the youngest member of the Manson “family” to take part in a series of gruesome California murders in 1969, has been denied freedom again — her past overshadowing her decades as a model prisoner. California Governor Jerry Brown on Friday overturned a parole board recommendation in April that found Van Houten, 66, was no longer the violent woman who helped slaughter a wealthy grocer and his wife. “She remains an unacceptable risk to society if released,” Brown wrote in a review that denied Van Houten parole for the 20th time.