Board recommends parole for Leslie Van Houten, 19 at the time of the murders. — -- Former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, now 66, was "numb" when she learned a panel recommended her ...

A California panel recommended parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten more than four decades after she went to prison for the notorious killings of a wealthy grocer and ...

Defense attorneys Ronald Hughes, left, and Paul Fitzgerald were among the lawyers representing Charles Manson and his co-defendants at the 1970 trial. (Bettmann Archive) When Charles Manson announced ...

When Charles Manson announced that he wanted Ronald Hughes to represent him at his murder trial, even Hughes seemed surprised. He was no one’s idea of a skilled defense attorney. He had passed the bar ...