Mass murderer Charles Manson, one of America’s most notorious convicts, was denied parole yesterday in his 12th and possibly final bid for release from a California prison, state corrections officials said.
Manson (77) was not present for the review of his case by the state Board of Parole Hearings at Corcoran State Prison, where he is serving a life term. The state corrections and rehabilitation department said Manson would next be eligible for parole in 15 years, when he would be about 92.
He had been denied release on parole 11 times before, most recently in 2007, when the board ruled that he “continues to pose an unreasonable danger to others and may still bring harm to anyone he would come in contact with”.
Amid the hippie culture of the 1960s, Manson, a charismatic ex-convict, put together a collection of runaways and outcasts known as the Manson Family.
In the summer of 1969, he became one of the 20th centurys most infamous criminals when he directed his mostly young, female followers to murder seven people. Among the victims was actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of film-maker Roman Polanski.