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THOMAS ELIAS The two judges wanting to set this killer free may believe she deserves mercy despite showing none to her victim. They may even be correct that she meets
Rarely have judges so widely missed the forest for the trees as in a late May decision by a panel of the state Second District Court of Appeal to overturn
Rarely have judges missed the forest for the trees as in a decision to overturn Newsom’s refusal of parole for a deadly former member of the notorious “Manson Family.”
A woman who participated in the 1969 murders of a husband and wife at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson should be granted parole after serving 50 years behind bars, a split California appellate panel ruled Tuesday, overruling Gov. Gavin Newsom's reversal of her 2020 parole recommendation.