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Leslie Van Houten
Mug shot taken in May 1999
Born
Leslie Louise Van Houten

(1949-08-23)August 23, 1949(age 74)
Altadena, California,U.S.[3]
Other namesLouella Alexandria, Leslie Marie Sankston, Linda Sue Owens and Lulu
Criminal statusReleased on parole
Conviction(s)First degree murder(2 counts)
Conspiracy to commit murder
Criminal penaltyDeath;commuted tolife imprisonmentwith the possibility ofparoleafter 7 years[1][2]

Leslie Louise Van Houten(born August 23, 1949) is an American convictedmurdererand former member of theManson Family.During her time with Manson's group, she was known by aliases such asLouella Alexandria,Leslie Marie Sankston,Linda Sue OwensandLulu.[citation needed]

Van Houten was arrested and charged in relation to the 1969murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca.Van Houten was convicted andsentenced to death,buta 1972 California Supreme Court rulingfound the death penalty unconstitutional, resulting in her sentence being commuted tolife in prison.Her conviction was overturned in a 1976appellate courtdecision which granted her a retrial. Her second trial ended with adeadlocked juryand a mistrial. At her third trial in 1978, she was convicted of two counts of murder and one count of conspiracy and sentenced to seven years to life in prison.[2]After spending 53 years in prison that included two dozen parole hearings and parole rejections by two California governors, Van Houten wasparoledin 2023.[4]

Early life[edit]

Van Houten was born on August 23, 1949, in theLos Angelessuburb ofAltadenato Paul Van Houten and Jane (née Edwards). Her father is of Dutch descent, and her mother is of Irish, English, Scottish, and German descent. She grew up in amiddle-classchurchgoing family along with an older brother and two adopted siblings, a brother and a sister, who were Korean. Her mother and father divorced when she was 14. She began smoking marijuana, and around the age of 15, began takingLSD.At 17, sheran awaywith her boyfriend, but returned to complete high school, graduating fromMonrovia High School(inMonrovia, California) in 1967.[5] According to Van Houten, she discovered that she was pregnant and was ordered by her mother to undergo anabortionand bury thefetusin their backyard.[6]Van Houten stated that after that event, she felt very removed from her mother and harbored intense anger toward her. She had a period of interest inyogaand took a year-long secretarial course, but became ahippie,living at acommune.[7][8][9][10]

Manson Family[edit]

Main article:Manson Family

After a few months in a commune in Northern California, Van Houten metCatherine ShareandBobby Beausoleiland moved in with them and another woman during the summer of 1968. The four broke up after jealous arguments, and Share left to joinCharles Manson's commune. Van Houten, then aged 19, followed Share. At that time, she phoned her mother to say she was dropping out and would not be making contact again.[7]

Manson decided when they would eat, sleep, and have sex, and with whom they would have sex. He also controlled the taking of LSD, giving followers larger doses than he himself took. According to Manson, "When you take LSD enough times, you reach a state of nothing. Of no thought."[11]According to Van Houten, she became "saturated in acid" and could not grasp the existence of those living a non-psychedelicreality.[12][13][14]

From August 1968, Manson and his followers were based at theSpahn Ranch.Manson ostensibly ran his Family based on hippie-style principles of acceptance andfree love.At the remote ranch, where they were isolated from any other influences, Manson's was the only opinion heard. At every meal he would lecture repetitively. Van Houten said Manson's attitude was that she "belonged to Bobby".[15][16][17][18]According to Van Houten she and other Manson followers looked to 14-year-old Family member Dianne Lake as the "empty vessel", the epitome of what women were supposed to be in the Manson system of values.[9]WhenBarbara Hoytspoke at Van Houten's parole hearing in 2013, she said that Van Houten was considered a "leader" in the Family.[8][19]

Murders[edit]

Main article:Tate–LaBianca murders

Murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca[edit]

Main articles:Tate–LaBianca murdersandManson Family

On August 9, 1969, Van Houten,Tex Watson,Patricia Krenwinkel,Linda Kasabian,Susan Atkins,Clem Groganand Manson went to the house of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca.[12][20][21][22][23]Manson entered the house with Watson, then left with Kasabian, Atkins, and Grogan.[8][18][24]

Van Houten and another woman held down Rosemary LaBianca as Watson stabbed Leno LaBianca. After stabbing Rosemary, Watson gave Van Houten a knife, and she stabbed the woman at least 14 more times. She testified in 1971, “And I took one of the knives, and Patricia [Krenwinkel] had one – a knife – and we started stabbing and cutting up the lady.”[25]

Motive[edit]

See also:Manson Family § Possible murder motives,andHelter Skelter (scenario)

Manson, who denied responsibility, never explained a motive for the murders. ProsecutorVincent Bugliosisuggested Manson was attempting to start a racial civil war.[26]The racial nature of the motive for the murders Van Houten was convicted of was later adduced by a judge, increasing the gravity of her offense.[8][17][18]

Trial[edit]

Manson was accused of orchestrating both attacks, but the only defendants at the trial whose murder charges were for actually inflicting injuries on the LaBiancas were Van Houten and Krenwinkel.[10]Unlike the others, Van Houten was not accused of the murders of Tate and her friends.[27]

Manson opposed his three female co-defendants running a defense that he had asked them to commit killings. Van Houten did not appear to take the court seriously (later claiming to have been supplied with LSD during the trial) and giggled duringtestimonyabout the victims. She testified to committing the murders she was charged with and denied that Manson had been involved.[28]An often-cited example of how he seemed to exert control over Van Houten and the others was when Manson carved an X on his forehead and she and the other two women defendants copied him. In the latter stages of the trial they stopped mimicking him, Bugliosi suggested, because they realized it was making the extent of his influence over them apparent.[29]

Van Houten dismissed three defense lawyers in succession for claiming her actions were attributable to Manson's control over her.[30][page needed]WhenRonald Hughes,her attorney, was asking an expert witness about the effect of LSD on judgment, Van Houten shouted that, "This is all such a big lie. I was influenced by thewar in Vietnamand TV. "[31]

On March 29, 1971, she was convicted of murder along with the other defendants. During the sentencing phase of the trial, in an apparent attempt to exonerate Manson, Van Houten testified that she had committed a killing in which she was not, in fact, involved. She told a psychiatrist of beating her adopted sister, leading him to characterize her as "a spoiled little princess" and a "psychologically loaded gun", and was adamant that Manson had no influence over her thought processes or behavior. Van Houten also told the psychiatrist that she would have gone to jail for manslaughter or assault with a deadly weapon without ever meeting Manson. When her lawyer, attempting to show she felt remorse, asked if she felt sorrow or shame for the death of Rosemary LaBianca, Van Houten replied "sorry is only a five-letter word" and "you can't undo something that is done." In cross-examination, Van Houten aggressively implicated herself in inflicting wounds while the victim was living, and severely wounding the victim, severing her spine, which might have been fatal by itself. She vehemently denied acting on instructions from Manson, and said a court-appointed attorney who "had a lot of different ideas on how to get me off" had told her to claim Manson ordered the killings.[32]

Van Houten was sentenced to be executed; she was the youngest woman ever condemned to death in California. No death row for female prisoners existed, and a special unit was built. The death sentences were automaticallycommutedtolife in prisonafter theCalifornia Supreme Court'sPeople v. Andersondecision resulted in the invalidation of all death sentences imposed in California prior to 1972.[8][10]With a first degree murder conviction she was eligible for parole once she had served seven years. In order to be released after seven years, she would have had to have been granted parole at her first parole hearing. (The governor would not have been able to rescind that parole, since California governors did not gain that power until Proposition 89 was passed by the voters on November 8, 1988.) In his bestselling bookHelter Skelter,prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi said that "his guess" was that all three women would be released after 15–20 years.[33]

Re-trial[edit]

Van Houten arrives at a courthouse for a hearing in December 1976.

Van Houten was granted aretrialin 1977 due to the failure to declare a mistrial whenRonald Hughes,her lawyer, died. Her defense argued that Van Houten'scapacity for rational thought had been diminisheddue to LSD use and Manson's influence. The jury could not agree on a verdict. According to what the jury foreman later told reporters, they thought it was difficult on the basis of the evidence to determine whether Van Houten's judgment had been unimpaired enough for a verdict of first degree murder rather than manslaughter.[34]

It was reported in the news media that because of time already served, Van Houten could go free that year if she was convicted of manslaughter.[34][35]By law, prosecutors are not allowed to mention the possibility of the defendant being released on parole when arguing for a murder rather than manslaughter conviction because it is considered highly prejudicial to the defendant.[36]

Second re-trial[edit]

The prosecution in 1970–71 had emphasized that the motive had nothing to do with robbery and the killers ignored valuable pieces of property. At Van Houten's second re-trial, the prosecution, who were now being aided by a specialist in diminished responsibility, altered the charges by using the theft of food, clothing and a small sum of money taken from the house to add a charge of robbery, whereby thefelony murder ruletended to undermine a defense of reduced capacity. She was onbondfor six months before being found guilty of first-degree murder. Van Houten was given a life sentence that entailed eligibility for parole, for which the prosecutor said she would one day be suitable.[8][10]

Post-trial events[edit]

After the first trial, Van Houten and her female co-conspirators Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel were housed in a special housing unit built at theCalifornia Institution for Women.They were initially kept separate from the prison population, because they were viewed as a threat to the other inmates.

In the early 1970s, Van Houten, Atkins and Krenwinkel worked with a social worker,Karlene Faith,who sought to help them re-establish their identities separate from the Manson Family.[37]Faith later wrote a book about her work with the women,The Long Prison Journey of Leslie Van Houten.In the book, Faith tells how two of the women believed that they would "grow wings and become fairies" after the expected race war had occurred. The women told Faith that they obtained that belief from Manson. Faith viewed all three of the Manson women as victims, and lobbied for their early release from prison.[38]Faith's work with the Manson women was later portrayed in the feature film,Charlie Says.

Van Houten was also befriended by film directorJohn Waters.He also campaigned for her early release from prison.[39]

In 1975, the Manson women were moved to the general population at the California Institution for Women.

Parole requests[edit]

Under California law, some life sentences are eligible for parole, and a parole board rejection of an application does not preclude a different decision in the future.[40]Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel (who were originally convicted along with Van Houten and Manson at the main trial) had both been found guilty of the most notorious crime, the murder of five people at10050 Cielo Drive.In addition, Krenwinkel was also convicted of the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca, while Atkins was also convicted of murdering Gary Hinman.

Only one other member of the Manson Family has been convicted of murder and later released:Steve "Clem" Grogan.[8]Grogan, convicted and given a death sentence by the jury for the torture-murder ofDonald Sheawith Manson, was freed in 1985.[41]Bruce M. Davis,also an accomplice of Manson in the killing of Shea, and with a second conviction for the Gary Hinman killing, was given a parole board recommendation for release in 2010 although very few inmates with even a single conviction on a charge of murder had been able to obtain parole in California before 2011.[8][42][43][44]In each case, the sitting governor ordered a review or reversed the decision.[45]Tex Watson was denied parole for the 15th time on October 27, 2016.[46]

After receiving her 13th rejection, in which the hearing concluded she posed "an unreasonable risk of danger to society", Van Houten took legal action. Judge Bob Krug ordered the board to re-hear the application because their reasoning turned solely on the unalterable gravity of her offense and effectively gave her life without parole, "a sentence unauthorized by law". The judgment was overturned by a higher court, which said although parole hearings must consider evidence for an inmate being rehabilitated, a hearing had discretion to deny parole based solely on a review of the circumstances of the crime, if "some evidence" supported their decision.[17][47]

In 2013, Van Houten was denied parole for the 20th time at a hearing. In announcing a decision to deny parole, the commissioner of the hearing board said that she had failed to explain how someone of her good background and intelligence could have committed such "cruel and atrocious" murders.[9]

On April 14, 2016, a two-person panel of the California Parole Board recommended granting Van Houten's parole request, but California GovernorJerry Brownvetoed the release on the grounds that: "Both her role in these extraordinarily brutal crimes and her inability to explain her willing participation in such horrific violence cannot be overlooked and lead me to believe she remains an unacceptable risk to society if released."[48]

On September 29, 2016, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William C. Ryan issued an 18-page ruling upholding the governor's reversal earlier in the year of a parole board's decision to release Van Houten. Ryan wrote that there was "some evidence" that Van Houten presents an unreasonable threat to society.[49]On December 21, theCalifornia Supreme Courtdenied Van Houten's petition to hear the case.[50]

Van Houten has long since renounced Manson, who died in prison in November 2017. She has expressed remorse for her crimes, and at her 2013 parole hearing, her attorney argued that her value system was completely different from what it was in 1972. She expressed that she "takes offense to the fact that Manson doesn't own up" to his role in the murders. She toldVincent Bugliosi,the man who sent her to prison, "I take responsibility for my part, and part of my responsibility was helping to create him." She has written several short stories, once edited the prison newspaper and did somesecretarialwork at the prison.[51]

Van Houten was again recommended for parole at her 21st parole hearing on September 6, 2017. The two-member panel found that Van Houten had radically changed her life in the more than 40 years she had been incarcerated.[52]Governor Jerry Brown again denied her parole on January 19, 2018. Her legal team stated they would fight the decision.[53]On June 29, 2018, Van Houten's parole was once again vetoed. The judge was again William C. Ryan, who said: "Unless the inmate can demonstrate that there is no evidence to support the governor's conclusion that the inmate is a current danger to public safety, the petition fails to state aprima faciecase for relief and may be summarily denied. "[54]

On January 30, 2019, during her 22nd parole hearing, Van Houten was recommended for parole for the third time. But on June 4, 2019, GovernorGavin Newsomoverruled the parole board's recommendation, claiming the then 69-year-old Van Houten was still a "danger to society" and that she had "potential for future violence".[55]She appealed the governor's decision, but on September 21, 2019, the appeals court panel ruled 2–1 in the governor's favor.[56]

Van Houten was recommended for parole for the fourth time at a 23rd parole hearing on July 23, 2020, and a 120-day legal review period began. On November 28, Governor Newsom again rejected the board's recommendation and vetoed Van Houten's parole. Among his reasons for denial, Newsom stated the then 71-year-old Van Houten "currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison".[57][58] Again, her lawyer, Rich Pfeiffer, said they would appeal the governor's latest decision.[59]

On November 9, 2021, Van Houten was recommended for parole by aparole board.[60]On March 29, 2022, Governor Newsom overruled the parole board's recommendation.[61]

Her request for review was rejected by the California Supreme Court on February 9, 2022.[62]

On May 30, 2023, aCalifornia Court of Appealin Los Angeles set aside Governor Newsom's denial of Van Houten's parole, thus making her the first Manson family member to have a court rule in her favor for a parole recommendation.[63]On July 7, 2023, Governor Newsom announced that he would not file an appeal with the California Supreme Court to block her parole, paving the way for her release.[64]Van Houten was released on parole on July 11, 2023.[4]To date, Krenwinkel and Watson remain imprisoned.

In the media[edit]

Van Houten's parole hearings have appeared onCourt TVand attracted nationwide media attention. They have featured comments from former prosecutors, relatives of her victims, and relatives of the victims of other killers.[65][66][67]John Waters advocated for Van Houten's parole.[13][10][68][69]

Van Houten told her story on the podcastEar Hustlein the 2021 episode 'Home for Me Really is a Memory.'[70]

Dramatic portrayals[edit]

Van Houten was first portrayed by actress Cathey Paine in the 1976 made-for-TV filmHelter Skelter.San Francisco-based actressConnie Champagneportrayed Van Houten in Dude Theater's long-running 1989 stage playThe Charlie Manson Story,first at Climate Theater and then Theatre Artaud, a black comedy directed by Christopher Brophy. The production was the first to de-glamorourize the Manson-myth and to question Manson's belief in the so-called "Helter Skelter". The 2009 filmLeslie, My Name Is Evil(released in some countries under the titlesManson GirlandManson, My Name Is Evil) is partially based on Van Houten's early life and stars actressKristen Hageras Van Houten. InHelter Skelter(2004 remake of the 1976 film) Van Houten was portrayed by actress Catherine Wadkins. A year earlier, in 2003, Amy Yates portrayed Leslie Van Houten in the filmThe Manson Family.In the 2015 NBC fictional seriesAquarius,which centers on the Los Angeles Police Department and the Manson murders,Emma Dumontportrays a character named "Emma", who is loosely based on Van Houten.Tania Raymondeportrayed Van Houten inSusanna Lo's 2016 filmManson Girls.Later in 2016,Greer Grammerportrayed Van Houten inLeslie Libman's filmManson's Lost Girls,which starredMacKenzie Mauzyas Kasabian. In 2018 she was portrayed by Gabrielle Klobucar in the made-for-TV documentaryInside the Manson Cult: The Lost Tapes.Also in 2018, English actressHannah Murrayplayed Van Houten in the feature movieCharlie Says.In 2019, Van Houten was played byVictoria PedrettiinQuentin Tarantino's filmOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood.[71]

See also[edit]

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