"Gavin Newsom this week again denied parole for Patricia Krenwinkel, who has spent more than half a century in prison for her role in the 1969 Tate-LaBianca killings orchestrated by Charles Manson and perpetrated by his followers. Nearly five months after California's parole board found the 77-year-old suitable for release, the governor on Monday reversed the decisionand said Krenwinkel currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time'."
"It was the second time Newsom has blocked her parole, and the decision was met with sharp criticism from Krenwinkel's longtime attorney who argued the governor chose politics over people and failed to take into account the abuse she suffered from Manson. Newsom's reversal of Pat's grant has nothing to do with the record of how much she's changed or the risk she presents, said Keith Wattley, Krenwinkel's attorney and the founder and executive director of the nonprofit UnCommon Law."
"Krenwinkel was 21 when the Manson cult committed the murders of actor Sharon Tate and four others, including heiress Abigail Folger and hairstylist Jay Sebring, and the following night killed Leno LaBianca, a grocer, and his wife, Rosemary. In 1971, she and other Manson followers were convicted of seven counts of first-degree murder for their roles in the attack."
Gavin Newsom again denied parole for Patricia Krenwinkel, reversing a parole board decision that had found the 77-year-old suitable for release nearly five months earlier. The governor stated that Krenwinkel currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released at this time. The decision marks the second time Newsom has blocked her parole. Krenwinkel's longtime attorney, Keith Wattley, sharply criticized the reversal, calling it political and contrary to evidence about her rehabilitation and the abuse she suffered under Charles Manson. Krenwinkel was 21 at the time of the 1969 Tate-LaBianca murders and was convicted in 1971 of seven counts of first-degree murder.
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