California governor blocks parole for Manson family member Patricia Krenwinkel - CNN

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom blocked the parole of Patricia Krenwinkel, a erstwhile Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer successful a notorious 1969 sidesplitting spree, saying “she presently poses an unreasonable hazard of information to nationalist safety.”

A parole committee had successful May recommended for the archetypal clip that Krenwinkel beryllium released. She had been denied parole 14 times since her conviction.

“After an autarkic and thorough review, the grounds establishes that Ms. Krenwinkel is not suitable for parole and cannot beryllium safely released from situation astatine this time,” Newsom said successful his reappraisal Friday reversing the parole decision.

Krenwinkel, 74, was convicted of 7 counts of first-degree execution successful the August 1969 Manson household attacks that near 7 radical dead. Among the victims was large histrion Sharon Tate, who was joined to manager Roman Polanski, Folger Coffee heiress Abigail Folger and personage hairstylist Jay Sebring.

During the 1969 sidesplitting spree, Krenwinkel pursued and stabbed Folger 28 times, Krenwinkel said successful tribunal testimony.

Newsom said that contempt her property astatine the clip of the killings, her affirmative behaviour successful situation and existent age, Krenwinkel remains unsuitable for parole.

“Ms. Krenwinkel was not lone a unfortunate of Mr. Manson’s abuse. She was besides a important contributor to the unit and calamity that became the Manson Family’s legacy,” Newsom said successful his parole reversal decision. “Beyond the brutal murders she committed, she played a enactment relation successful the cult, and an enforcer of Mr. Manson’s tyranny.”

The reappraisal cited her deficiency of penetration into “the causative factors of her transgression and her triggers for antisocial thinking” arsenic reasons for denying her parole for a fifteenth time.

“While Ms. Krenwinkel has matured successful situation and engaged successful commendable rehabilitative efforts, her efforts person not sufficiently reduced her hazard for aboriginal dangerousness,” the reappraisal said.

Krenwinkel was initially sentenced to decease successful 1971. A twelvemonth later, the California decease punishment was ruled unconstitutional and her condemnation was commuted to life. The decease punishment has since been reinstated.

Krenwinkel has served astir 53 years successful prison, according to the governor’s office.