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A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole.The app
stanley cup ellate court s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to reject parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former California Gov. Jerry Brown, with the latest such rejection coming in March of 2022. California Attorney General Rob Bonta could ask the California Supreme Court to stop her release. Neither his office nor Newsom s immediately responded to requests for comment on whether they would do so. Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Manson and other followers kill Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife Rosemary. Van Houten was 19 at the time. In this Sept. 6, 2017, file photo, Leslie Van Houten reacts after hearing she is eligible for parole during a hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona, Californ
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SEATTLE -- Nearly 1,000 people protested in what has become an annual protest on Black Friday in downtown Seattle, CBS affiliate KIRO reports.Black Lives Matter demonstrators gathered at Westlake Center to disrupt holiday shopping. They marched from downtown to South Lake Union, where the protest ended.The protest happened during the annual tree lighting ceremony, which is smaller this year, but organizers say the reason for the small ceremony is not because of the now-annual protests. The protest
nike dunk ers on Friday were not in Westlake during the tree lighting. In 2014, dozens of Black Lives Matters demonstrators stormed the tree lighting and Westlake Mall.Black Lives Matter demonstrato
jordan rs say they want people to remember the racial injustice throughout the year. A Facebook page for the event said, BlackLivesMatter, Not Black Fr
af1 iday, and No school, no work, no shopping, no excuses. Just hit the streets.Seattle police were in the area to keep the protests peaceful. More from CBS News 2 dead, 6 wounded in shootings in downtown Orlando Shooting in mall in Vancouver, Washington leaves 1 dead, 2 wounded
