Posted on 06/14/2008 11:54:29 AM PDT by Nick Thimmesch
CORONA, Calif. (June 13) - Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, convicted in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate, could soon be released from prison because she is near death, authorities said.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.aol.com ...
She should be shown the same "compassion" she showed to Sharon Tate when Tate pleaded with her to save her unborn child.
You're free to die right now. Have at it.
Agree with you.
What part of “life” in prison allows for one to be allowed to go home to die with their loved ones?
Let her die alone, just as her victims did.
I’m all for releasing her but only if Sharon Tate agrees.
BTW, where the Hell is Charles Tex Watson, these days?
Five members of the US Supreme Court would vote to grant her release, so why not the California Parole Board?
Hey Susan, there will be some folks waiting for you on the other side who want to have a chat with you. Hope you’re death is as easy and compassionate as your victims’
I have always thought the death penalty should be reserved for only the very worst offenders. She certainly is one of them.
..and her victims wanted the freedom to live, a freedom she took away. She forfitted the choice for herself.
Did you see this? I don’t think she ought to be let out to die with her loved ones...Sharon Tate was not given that choice! Let her die alone & in a prison hospital.
Death will find her in jail. She doesn’t need “freedom” to die.
If it turns out she wasn’t actually terminal, then she is free and gets to laugh at the rest of us
[edit] Sentencing - present
Watson was tried separately from the others convicted in the murders. He was convicted, and sentenced to death on October 21, 1971. Watson escaped execution when the California Supreme Court’s People v. Anderson decision resulted in the invalidation of all death sentences imposed in California prior to 1972. Having been denied parole 13 times, Watson remains incarcerated to this day in Mule Creek State Prison (MCSP) in Ione, California. His last hearing, which he did not attend, was in 2006. He received a maximum five-year denial. His next scheduled parole hearing is in September 2011, when he will be 65 years old and will have spent nearly two-thirds of his life in prison.
In 1978, Watson wrote a book titled Will You Die For Me?, and married Kristin Joan Svelte in 1979. They were able to have four children through conjugal visits. Largely through the lobbying of Doris Tate, mother of murder victim Sharon Tate, conjugal visits for imprisoned individuals convicted of murder were banned. Watson separated from and divorced his wife of 25 years in 2003. [2]
Watson became a born-again Christian in prison and operates Abounding Love Ministries while incarcerated. He has written about his role in the murders and the sorrow he feels for his involvement, and has apologized to the family members of his victims on his website, stating that he believes he is “forgiven by God.” His ministry and website have generated controversy regarding substantial income earned, and that this income was not reported by his then-wife, who had also received public benefits.
"Dig it! First they killed those pigs and then they put a fork in their bellies. Wild!"
- Bernadine Dohrn on the Manson murders.
As I recall, Susan Atkins was the most gung-ho of all of Manson’s girls. Didn’t she have a child by Manson?
I’m sure there are many who’d assist her in expediting that journey.
And this bitch wants mercy to die a free woman? I say let her rot in prison.
Sometimes the good guys win a victory, however small. Nice.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.