ACROSS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
THIS IS THE CBS 13 NEWS AT
10:00.
A CHARLES MANSON FAMILY
MEMBER WAS GRANTED ANOTHER
CHANCE TO WALK FREE.
THE WOMAN STILL MAKES VERY
BAD CHOICES.
WE CAN'T TRUST HER IN A FREE
SOCIETY.
LESLI WAS DEEMED SUITABLE
FOR RELEASE DURING A PAROLE
HEARING.
SHE WAS GRANTED PAROLE BACK IN
2016, BUT THAT DECISION WAS
REVERSED BY THE GOVERNOR.
DREW JOINS US WITH MORE ON
THE NEXT STEP IN THIS PAROLE
PROCESS.
IT'S NOT A DONE DEAL JUST
YET.
LESLI HAS BEEN HERE BEFORE, 21
TIMES.
NOW SHE'S ON THE VERGE OF
WALKING FREE.
47 YEARS AFTER BEING CONVICTED
OF MURDER.
AT 19, SHE WAS THE YOUNGEST
FOLLOWER IN CHARLES MANSON'S
CULT.
LESLI AND OTHERS WERE CONVICTED
OF THE 1969 MURDER OF LENO AND
ROSEMARY IN LOS ANGELES.
TODAY SHE WAS GRANTED PAROLE.
THERE WAS NOTHING HEARTFELT
IN HER TESTIMONY TODAY.
IT WAS THE SAME BUSINESS AS
USUAL THAT IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN
BEFORE.
DEBRA IS THE SISTER OF
SHARON TATE, ONE OF THE EIGHT
MANSON VICTIMS FROM THAT DEADLY
SUMMER.
TATE SPENT YEARS PUSHING FOR
MANSON TO STAY BEHIND BARS.
THE WOMAN STILL MAKES VERY
BAD CHOICES.
WE CAN'T TRUST HER IN A FREE
SOCIETY.
GOVERNOR JERRY BROWN AGREED
LAST YEAR WHEN HE DENIED HER
PAROLE.
BUT FACING FREEDOM ONCE AGAIN,
THE BOARD APPROVED HER PAROLE
REQUEST TODAY, SAYING SHE HAS
BEEN DONE EVERYTHING SHE CAN,
EARNING A BACHELOR AND MASTER'S
DEGREE, EVEN TEACHING CLASSES.
OVER THE YEARS, 17 DOCTORS
WROTE LETTERS LETTERS SAYING
SHE NO LONGER POSSESSES A
DANGER TO SOCIETY.
THEY ARE MAKING A DECISION
TO ALLOW A MURDER TO COME BACK
INTO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
MY NEIGHBORHOOD.
BUT VICTIMS FAMILY MEMBERS
SAY THE DECADES BEHIND BARS
DON'T CHANGE THE PERSON INSIDE.
SAYING SHE IS A NARCISSIST, A
DANGER, AND INCAPABLE OF
HANDLING REJECTION.
THAT COULD DRIVE THEM TO
KILL AGAIN.
Reporter: LAST YEAR,
GOVERNOR BROWN SAID HER
INABILITY TO EXPLAIN HER
WILLING PARTICIPATION IN SUCH
HORRIFIC VIOLENCE MADE HIM
THINK SHE WAS STILL A RISK TO
SOCIETY.
HE'LL HAVE 120 DAYS TO APPROVE,
DENY, OR DO NOTHING.
I REALIZE WE ARE
HANDICAPPING THIS THING, BUT
THE GOVERNOR RULED THIS IN THE
PAST, MAY INDICATE WHERE HE
WILL GO IN THE FUTURE.
NOT SURE WHAT HAS CHANGED IN
THE LAST FEW MONTHS.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
APPRECIATE THAT.
SPEAKING OF MANSON, ONE OF
MANSON'S ACCOMPLICES REMAINS IN
PRISON.
PATRICIA, AT THE BEGINNING OF
THE YEAR, AFTER CLAIMS WERE
MADE SHE SUFFERED FROM BATTERED
