Van Houten may go free

[Mik]

Ok, Gavin, whatcha gonna do? I find it unfathomable that she should be released.

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2023/05/31/charles-manson-leslie-van-houten-parole/7601685543392/

[Copper]

What do you have to do to get sent inside for life?

If she didn't do it, I can't imagine who could.

Except, of course, a 1/6 insurrectionist with selfies.

[Mik]

Should be dead.

[Jon]

I’d like to see her die in prison on principle but it’s hard to imagine she’d be a threat to anyone at age 73.

[Copper]

@Jon said in Van Houten may go free:

I’d like to see her die in prison on principle but it’s hard to imagine she’d be a threat to anyone at age 73.

President Biden remains a healthy, vigorous, 80-year-old

[George K]

@Jon said in Van Houten may go free:

I’d like to see her die in prison on principle but it’s hard to imagine she’d be a threat to anyone at age 73.

Should felons be set free when they no longer pose a threat of committing another crime?

Serious question: Is there something to be said for punishment?

[Jon]

No, George. That’s why I’d like to see her stay in for life. But if the law says she’s eligible for parole if she’s not a threat, I can totally see her passing that test. No one is above the law, and no one is below it either.

[George K]

OK - I get your point. However, as I think you're implying, "eligible for parole" has some distance from "will be paroled."

[George K]

Released.

https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/manson-family-member-leslie-van-houten-walks-free-from-prison-after-court-rules-governor-had-no-evidence-to-keep-her-incarcerated/

She looks so...grandmotherly, no?

[Copper]

No more X

That's a nicer look for her.

[Mik]

Damn.

[Jon]

What happens to a person released from jail at 73 after spending over 50 there?

Without family support it seems you’d be kind of screwed. Seems like she’d almost have to try to make money off the Manson notoriety.

[taiwan_girl]

@Jon said in Van Houten may go free:

What happens to a person released from jail at 73 after spending over 50 there?

Yeah, it would almost be like stepping out of a time capsule. You "may" have read about some things, but seeing all the changes that happened in the last 50+ years would be crazy.

(BTW, on an recent airplane ride, I watched "Once Upon A Time in Hollywood" which kind of "re-imagines" a different storyline to that whole Manson murders.)

[Rainman]

Don't inmates get paid a pittance per hour while incarcerated? Assuming so, I wonder how much cash she gets when she leaves the citadel? The heinous crime aside, it would be interesting to get her impressions on how some things changed, assuming her mind is not spaghetti.

[Mik]

She should never breathe free air again.

[Copper]

She'll fit right back into the San Francisco scene.

[Jolly]

@Copper said in Van Houten may go free:

She'll fit right back into the San Francisco scene.

Living on the street?