Parole considered for Charles Manson’s ‘right-hand man’
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California parole officials were considering Thursday whether Charles “Tex” Watson, the self-described right-hand man of murderous cult leader Charles Manson, should be released from prison 47 years after he helped plan and carry out the slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six other people. Watson, 70, is serving a life sentence