Parole Considered For Charles Manson’s ‘Right-Hand Man’

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) – California officials are considering whether the self-described right-hand man of cult leader Charles Manson should be released from prison. It would come 47 years after he orchestrated the slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others.
A panel of parole commissioners was holding a hearing Thursday to decide if 70-year-old Charles “Tex” Watson should continue serving his life sentence at Mule Creek State Prison, 50 miles southeast of Sacramen