LOS ANGELES - California Gov. Gavin Newson has reversed parole for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, marking the fourth time a governor has blocked her release.A California panel recommended parole in July for Van Houten, who has spent nearly five decades in prison.
Newsom reversed her release once previously and his predecessor, Jerry Brown, blocked it twice.Van Houten’s attorney, Rich Pfeiffer, said they will appeal Newsom’s decision.“This reversal will demonstrate to the courts that there is no way Newsom will let her out,” Pfeiffer said. “So they have to enforce the law or it will never be enforced.”Van Houten is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and others kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife, Rosemary,.