Leslie Van Houten

Leslie Van Houten was denied parole more than 20 times — including five reversals from California's governor's office — over the brutal murders of Rosemary and Leno LaBianca in 1969.

Van Houten, now in her 70s, is serving a life sentence for helping Charles Manson and other followers in the 1969 killings of Leno LaBianca, a grocer in Los Angeles, and his wife, Rosemary.

It's the 21st time that she has appeared before a parole board and the second time commissioners found her suitable for release. California Gov. Jerry Brown reversed another panel's ruling last year.