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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Bendix grants Leslie Van Houten's habeas petition and reinstates a 2020 decision by the parole board granting her parole. Governor Newsom reversed the board's decision to grant parole to Van Houten, who is serving life sentences for the Charles Manson-inspired murders of Rosemary and Leno La Bianca in 1969. Newsom's reversal was based on "unsupported intuition" and an unfounded conclusion that hidden factors make her a current danger who is unsuitable for parole.
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