Posted on 09/06/2009 4:24:12 AM PDT by Kaslin
People don't always get what they deserve in this world, so it is gratifying to see when someone does. It happened Wednesday when a California parole board insisted that Susan Atkins, a 61-year-old amputee with incurable brain cancer, live her few remaining months in prison rather than the embrace of her loved ones.
This may sound like pointless excess inflicted on someone whose crime, committed 40 years ago, is ancient history. But even to mention Atkins without first mentioning her victims is an affront. In 1969, she repeatedly thrust a knife into an innocent woman who was eight and a half months pregnant, killing her and her unborn child.
It's a crime that might be forgotten except that Atkins was a member of Charles Manson's murderous cult. Her victim, actress Sharon Tate, stabbed 16 times, was one of seven people slaughtered in Los Angeles in a two-night spree that Manson, insanely, thought would ignite a massive race war.
Atkins and her co-defendants were convicted and sentenced to die, but her sentence was reduced to life in prison when the state supreme court abolished capital punishment in 1972. Her illness served as grounds to ask the parole board for "compassionate release" so she could peacefully expire outside of prison.
Even her prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi, endorsed the idea. "She's already paid substantially for her crime, close to 40 years behind bars," he told The Los Angeles Times. "She has terminal cancer. The mercy she was asking for is so minuscule."
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She’s already gotten more mercy than was due. The prison will continue to provide all that she needs right down to the bitter end ~ any way someone can cut off her pain killers or something?
“...you’re gonna die, bitch.”
Even her prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi, endorsed the idea. “She’s already paid substantially for her crime, close to 40 years behind bars,” he told The Los Angeles Times. “She has terminal cancer. The mercy she was asking for is so minuscule.”
I want this guy out of office. She hasn’t yet broken even for the crime of killing the woman. Then there is still the murder of the baby to pay for.
"Freedom of Speech" doesn't mean freedom of speech.
"The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed" doesn't mean the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.
"Life in prison" doesn't mean life in prison.
Until words mean something again, this country will not revive.
She should be let out. I heard she has some oil that she’ll give in exchange.
“I heard she has some oil that she’ll give in exchange.”
Yeah, “Oil of Oh-SHIT!”
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