Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten has been released from prison at the age of 73 after serving more than five decades for two notorious murders.

Leslie Van Houten was 19 when she joined the murderous Manson Family cult and helped kill Los Angeles grocer Leno LaBianca and his wife Rosemary in 1969.

She was released after California Governor Gavin Newsom dropped his opposition to a state appeals court ruling, that recommended her parole against the wishes of surviving family members.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Van Houten “was released to parole supervision.”

Van Houten’s attorney Nancy Tetreault said she was released early on Tuesday and taken to transitional housing, according to the Associated Press.

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