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Charles Manson Follower Beausoleil Denied Parole

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Dec 22, 2008 6:55 pm US/Pacific

Charles Manson Follower Beausoleil Denied Parole

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Charles Manson and many of his other former followers, who have repeatedly been denied parole, remain behind bars. (File)
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A state parole board panel Monday denied parole to former Charles Manson follower Robert Beausoleil, who was convicted in a musician's 1969 stabbing death.

The two-member panel from the Board of Parole Hearings issued a five-year denial, making the 61-year-old inmate eligible for his next parole hearing in 2013, according to Deputy District Attorney Patrick Sequeira.

Beausoleil was initially sentenced to death for the July 26, 1969, slaying of Gary Hinman in his Topanga Canyon home. But his 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.

Most recently, the parole board has denied a plea for "compassionate release" in July from former Manson follower Susan Atkins, who has terminal brain cancer, along with Bruce Davis' September 2007 bid for parole. Atkins and Davis were also convicted in Hinman's killing.

Manson and many of his other former followers, who have repeatedly been denied parole, remain behind bars.