Van Houten testifies murder felt necessary for revolution
Leslie Van Houten cried as she told jurors she stabbed Rosemary La Bianca multiple times after Waton ordered her to stall the victim. She said Manson convinced murder was needed to start a black white revolution. She described feeling like a shark during the killing and said the revolution outweighed remorse.
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Assault cases dropped in cop file shredding
Los Angeles Municipal Court judge Monday dismissed 16 police assault cases tied to a police files shredding issue. Judge Edwood Lui ruled the cases could not proceed due to an agreement between public defenders and Deputy District Attorney Florence Linn noting that records sought by defense had been illegally destroyed. The shredded records concerned complaints against police officers. Defense lawyers argued delays violated speedy trial rights and due process.
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Pardon sought for ex-Israeli freedom fighter in California
California parole board recommended a pardon for Leo Lewie, a former Israeli freedom fighter convicted in 1958 of shooting his wife and step daughter in Los Angeles. Lewie, jailed in Folsom, faced deportation to Israel. the board urged Gov. Brown to grant clemency and parole upon an approved plan, with supporters calling him penitent and crushed by past actions.
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