Posted on 06/13/2008 7:56:28 AM PDT by Lizavetta
CORONA, Calif. (AP) 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.
Atkins, 59, is terminally ill and being considered for so-called "compassionate release," state corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. She gave no details of Atkins' illness, but said a doctor had determined she had less than six months to live.
The corrections department was reviewing the request, which if approved would then be passed to the state Board of Parole which has the power to release Atkins under state law so they can die with loved ones, at their expense.
Such releases are relatively rare only 10 of the 60 requests made last year were granted, Thornton said. The prisoners must have family members willing and able to care for them.
Atkins, now a gray-haired, matronly looking woman, was one of cult leader Manson's ersatz hippie "family" of young killers who burst into a Beverly Hills home 39 years ago and killed Tate, the pregnant wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, along with four others. The following night they stabbed to death a wealthy couple in their Los Angeles home.
Atkins has been denied parole 11 times, most recently in 2005.
She was housed in the California Institution for Women in Corona for 37 years, but has been in a nearby hospital since March.
When Sharon Tate gets a compassionate release, then we’ll consider it.
The ONLY reason she should be released is to save the tax payers of California the expenses involved with her illness and funeral. She's been supported by them for almost 40 years since her death sentence was converted to life in prison.
Since they share the same reverence for the unborn.
Unfortunately that's not the only thing they can do. Her mother, Doris Tate had to actively fight every Manson family parole hearing until her death in 1992. Her sister Patti continued her mother's good work but died in 2000. Her middle sister Debra now attends every Manson family parole hearing. I don't think any of the Tates should have had to attend one parole hearing as there shouldn't be any for the scum.
Dr Death got a ‘compassionate release” a couple of years ago because he was said to be at death’s doorstep but he’s still alive.I say keep her *in* and put him *back* in.
How much compassion did Susan Adkins show?
Let her rot in her own hovel. Hell no she shouldn’t be released.
And as for her being in a local hospital, did Sharon Tate get that? No, she had her baby stabbed to death in her stomach.
We have turned into a hand wringing spineless caterer to the most file creatures known to have existed on planet earth.
What have we become anyway? It’s disgusting!
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Murder is murder. But, while some of those in Gitmo may have only been captured trying to kill, Manson’s followers brutally killed a young woman and her baby along with the others. If were going to compare, I’d say Manson’s gang was pretty brutal.
Guilty
No. HELL no.
After hearing a recent interview with VB on his new book...
...I'm beginning to think Manson may have been the sanest person in that courtroom.
So much for a “life” sentence .....again.
She could stay at Pat Robertson's place. I think he's got a spare bedroom.
She did that a long time ago and even wrote a book about it.
You are right. I had no idea her mother and sister passed. Isn’t it sad that they had to die while this kind of scum live on? I guess that means justice is waiting for those dark, evil devils.
I’m sad to say I’m really beginning to lose faith in so many things. Evil reigns, innocent children suffer, people die at the hands of others and the country is going downhill. It’s too much to think about and makes my stomach sick inside.
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Well, when a person is locked up in jail away from society, it's hard to continue their heinous acts...
I have always barfed at prisoners being released for "good behavior" = like child molesters - who haven't molested any children since being in prison. (Think about it = it'll catch up to ya)
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