The Manson cult follower had been recommended for parole numerous times, but they were repeatedly reversed by governors, which kept him behind bars.
In 2021, California Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected his bid for parole, finding that Davis "currently poses an unreasonable danger to society if released from prison at this time."
Davis saw his parole hearing delayed in 2024 after he appeared on a true-crime podcast. He spoke with Keith Rovere, a former prison chaplain and host of "The Lighter Side of Serial Killers," in two separate phone interviews — in February 2023 and April 2023 — discussing his Christian faith while incarcerated and a book he was working on behind bars.
He told Fox News Digital in an email at the time, "I've yet to hear the podcast."
"Does it sound as if I'm glorifying Manson or my crimes?"
Steve Grogan, a Manson family member also convicted in Shea's killing, was released on parole in 1985 after directing investigators to the victim's remains.