Manson Cult Killer Robert Beausoleil Gets Green Light for Parole

A California parole panel has for the first time recommended that Charles Manson follower Robert Kenneth Beausoleil be freed after nearly a half-century in prison, Sacramento, Cali. on Jan. 3, 2019.  California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation via AP

A member of Charles Manson’s notorious cult could soon be released from prison after serving nearly 50 years for murder.

Robert Beausoleil, convicted in the torture slaying of musician Gary Hinman in 1969, has been given the green light by a California parole panel. The 71-year-old Beausoleil had previously been denied parole 18 times.