Van Houten Says Slaying Was Necessary For Revolution
Leslie Van Houten testified she stabbed Rosemary LaBianca about 14 times at Charles Manson's urging, saying she felt like a shark and that the murders were needed to start a black white revolution. She recalled Watson ordering the act and claimed the revolution would end chaos only then.
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Keith
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Appeals Court
Assault cases dropped in cop file shredding
A Los Angeles Municipal Court judge dismissed 16 police assault cases tied to a police file shredding dispute. Judge Elwood Luis ruled the cases due to an agreement between public defenders and Deputy Dist. Atty. Florence Linn, noting that destroyed records were sought to show officer aggression patterns.
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Elwood Luis
Florence Linn
Robert Berke
Donald Randolph
Pardon sought for ex Israeli freedom fighter in California
California parole board urged Governor Brown to pardon Leo Lewie a 60 year old former Israeli freedom fighter and convict who feared deportation after a 1958 murder conviction Lewie was paroled after an approved plan and remains in Folsom Prison while his attorney said the pardon would block deportation and restore his life prospects.
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Joseph J. Ehrenkranz
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Brown
Lewis
Folsom
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