Leslie Van Houten attends a parole hearing at the California Institution for Women on Sept. 6, 2017, in Corona, California.

(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) -- A former disciple of the notorious 1960s cult leader Charles Manson has been denied for parole for the third time after serving more than 40 years in prison for ...

Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten has again been denied parole and two journalists who covered the murder trial 50 years ago are offering their views on her case.

But Leslie Van Houten, a former member of Manson family who killed a married couple almost 50 years ago and wrote messages of revolution on the walls in their blood, may soon be on her way out.

A California panel recommended Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten be paroled, leaving the decision now in the hands of Gov. Gavin Newsom.

A California judge has decided to uphold Governor Jerry Brown’s reversal of the state parole board’s recommendation that infamous Manson family murderer Leslie Van Houten be granted parole ...

Van Houten is the second former Manson follower the parole board has recommended for release this month. On Jan. 3, the commissioners said Bobby Beausoleil, now 71, is suitable for parole.

Leslie Van Houten was 19 years old when she met Charles Manson and joined the murderous cult that came to be called the "Manson family." She is now 72.

Leslie Van Houten, right, speaks as Sheron Lawin, left, a member of the Board of Prison Terms commissioners, listens after Van Houten’s parole was denied on June 28, 2002, at the California ...

Leslie Van Houten, the youngest Charles Manson follower to take part in two killings in 1969, is seeking parole based in part on claims she was threatened with death if she tried to leave his cult.

Hope for Van Houten came at the conclusion of a five-hour hearing at the California Institution for Women in Corona on Thursday, when a panel recommended parole for the 66-year-old convicted killer.