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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A state parole board panel found Tuesday that former Charles Manson follower Robert Beausoleil -- who was among those convicted of a musician's 1969 stabbing death -- is suitable for parole.
The recommendation of parole for the 77-year-old inmate will become final only after a "thorough and comprehensive review" by the Board of Parole Hearings and Gov. Gavin Newsom, which can take up to 150 days, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
A parole board panel had recommended in January 2019 that Beausoleil be granted parole, but Newsom subsequently rejected parole for him in April 2019.
Beausoleil was subsequently denied parole in July 2020 and January 2022, according to records from the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
He was initially sentenced to death in connection with the July 26, 1969, slaying of Gary Hinman in his Topanga Canyon home.
But Beausoleil's sentence -- along with those of Manson and a number of his followers -- was later commuted to life in prison following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on new requirements for capital cases.
