Patricia Krenwinkel was 21 when she participated in the August 1969 murders. Her parole recommendation would need to be approved by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected the last one in 2022.
Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller unveiled a sweeping violence-prevention plan aimed in part at combating the soaring homicide rate here by uniting police, schools and dozens of local agencies with a common goal: curtailing crime.
Experts say crime across the U.S. in 2020 was like no other year as COVID-19 ravaged the country and protests flared. It was a seesaw of dips for some crimes and spikes for others, such as homicide.