Chino

CHINO, Calif. - The aging inmate, her face wrinkled with time and her gray hair drawn in a bun, listened as her lawyer argued that the Leslie Van Houten seated before the parole board is a changed woman from the young Charles Manson follower who participated in two savage murders 41 years ago.

CHINO, Calif. - A parole board has denied freedom for Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten for the 19th time.

CHINO, Calif. - One-time San Diego socialite Betty Broderick on Thursday was denied parole for fatally shooting her ex-husband and his new wife more than 20 years ago, with a two-person panel saying she remains angry and unrepentant over her crime.

CHINO, Calif. - Betty Broderick, the one-time San Diego socialite who drew national attention for fatally shooting her ex-husband and his new wife, told a parole board Thursday she was driven to violence after a bitter custody battle, saying she "couldn't let them win." The 62-year-old Broderick delivered a long, rambling commentary in her first date with the parole board in her quest for freedom.

CHINO, Calif. - Two decades after Betty Broderick drew national attention for fatally shooting her ex-husband and his new wife in their bed, the former San Diego socialite has her first date with a parole board Thursday in her quest for freedom.