Leslie Van Houten deserves parole

I have to take exception to the letter writers who penned the letters about California prison inmate Leslie Van Houten. The writers make the common mistake of referring to Van Houten as a member of the Manson family. She is not, nor has she claimed association for over 30 years. Part of Ms. Van Houten’s prison rehabilitation has been to disassociate herself from the previous affiliation to a madman named Charles Manson. Separating herself, and being a responsible adult, has added to her re