However, on Tuesday, the court found the now 73-year-old — who was only 19-years-old when she met Charles Manson — had “shown extraordinary rehabilitative efforts, insight, remorse, realistic parole plans, support from family and friends, favorable institutional reports, and, at the time of the Governor’s decision, had received four successive grants of parole,” per Deadline.
“Although the Governor states Van Houten’s historical factors ‘remain salient,’” the statement continued, “He identifies nothing in the record indicating Van Houten has not successfully addressed those factors through many years of therapy, substance abuse programming, and other efforts.”