Manson ‘family’ follower Patricia Krenwinkel recommended for parole

Patricia Krenwinkel at the time of the Manson trial Photo courtesy of the University of Missouri-Kansas City law school A California prisons panel on Friday recommended that Patricia Krenwinkel serving a life sentence for her role in murdering seven people in a Los Angeles killing spree by followers of cult leader Charles Manson be issued on parole The state Board of Parole Hearings exposed that Krenwinkel the longest-serving female inmate in California prisons posed little exposure of reoffending based on her age and a spotless behavior record while incarcerated according to the CBS News affiliate in San Diego The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation substantiated the finding of parole suitability which came on Krenwinkel s th parole hearing but gave no further details The decision amounts to a proposal subject to review by the full state Board of Parole Hearings and the California governor for up to days before it can become final Even if the full board affirms the finding of parole suitability the governor could reject it or send it back for further review A May parole board panel recommendation to free Krenwinkel was reversed by Gov Gavin Newsom in August of that year Krenwinkel incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Chino