Leslie Van Houten, a former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer, was released from a California prison on Tuesday, a prison spokesperson told CNN.
Van Houten was released to parole supervision, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation spokesperson Mary Xjimenez said. Van Houten will have a three-year maximum parole term with a parole discharge review occurring after one year, Xjimenez said.
FILE – In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, Leslie Van Houten attends her parole hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Calif. On Tuesday, March 29, 2022, California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked parole for Charles Manson follower Van Houten, reversing a panel’s recommendation that she be freed after spending a half-century in prison. (Stan Lim/Los Angeles Daily News via AP, Pool, File)
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