A California court jury rejected the parole application of “Manson family” cultist Bruce Davis on July 9. He was jailed more than 50 years ago for his involvement in the “Manson Family” murders of musician Gary Hinman and stuntman “Dwarf” Donald Shea.
On July 9, a California court jury again rejected the parole application of “Manson family” cultist Bruce Davis. He was jailed for murder more than 50 years ago. Bruce Davis has applied for parole seven times before, but has been denied by three consecutive governors. The parole board told Davis, 79, that he could apply for another parole within three years.
“They said Davis lacked empathy,” Davis’ attorney, Michael Beckman, said in front of two parole board members after the hearing.
Davis admitted that he was involved in the killings of Gary Hinman and Donald Shea in 1969: he first slashed Shea with a knife, while Manson (“Manson Family†head Charles Manson) slashed Hinman with a knife face when he held a gun in his hand. At a parole hearing in 2014, Davis said, “I want to be Charlie’s (Charles Manson) favorite.” The rest of the “Mansons” then used Hinman’s on the walls of Hinman’s home. The words “political pig” were written in blood.
That same year, the “Mansons” carried out a more notorious murder of actress Sharon Tate and 6 others. Davis was not involved. California Governor Gavin Newsom has repeatedly denied parole applications for Davis and other “Manson family” members. Former California governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown also denied Davis’ application for parole. In 2017, the head of the “Manson Family”, Charles Manson, died in prison at the age of 83.
Anthony DiMaria, the nephew of victim Thomas Jay Sebring, represented Hinman’s family in opposing Davis’ parole. He said: “Bruce Davis continues to be in prison because of the depth of his crimes, and the consequences of his crimes have shaken the very foundations of our country.”
