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Dying Manson follower Atkins denied parole
Reuters ^ | Sept. 3, 2009 | Dan Whitcomb

Posted on 09/02/2009 10:38:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Susan Atkins, a follower of mass killer Charles Manson convicted nearly four decades ago in some of the most notorious murders in U.S. history, lost her 18th bid for release on Wednesday.

Atkins -- terminally ill with brain cancer and, according to her attorney, paralyzed over much of her body -- was denied her freedom by the California Parole Board after a hearing at the prison where she is being held.

Now 61, Atkins was convicted in 1971 of taking part in seven "Manson Family" murders, including that of heavily pregnant actress Sharon Tate, the wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski.

Her death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972, when the California Supreme Court abolished capital punishment. Atkins will next be eligible for parole in 2012.

Manson became one of the 20th Century's most infamous criminals during the summer of 1969, when the Beatles-obsessed ex-convict directed his mostly young, female followers to murder seven people.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: boofrickinhoo; manson; mansonfamily; parole; susanatkins
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1 posted on 09/02/2009 10:38:17 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good. I thought they might send her to Libya to die.


2 posted on 09/02/2009 10:41:03 PM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

They ignored the desperate pleas from Sharon Tate. There’s no reason why we should hear hers.


3 posted on 09/02/2009 10:41:44 PM PDT by scott7278 (Obama, Klaatu barada nikto!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I guess she should have committed her crimes in Scotland. Too bad for her.


4 posted on 09/02/2009 10:42:26 PM PDT by SoldierDad (Proud Dad of a U.S. Army Infantry Soldier whose wife is expecting twins.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY
The following night, members of the family stabbed Leno and Rosemary LaBianca to death, using their blood to write "Rise," "Death to Pigs" and "Healter Skelter" -- a misspelled reference to the Beatles song "Helter Skelter" -- in the home.

Apparently the walls of the LaBianca home were not equipped with a spell checker.

And yes Miss Atkins, you can die in prison.

5 posted on 09/02/2009 10:44:41 PM PDT by trumandogz (The Democrats are driving us to Socialism at 100 MPH -The GOP is driving us to Socialism at 97.5 MPH)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

IT lived 37 years too long!


6 posted on 09/02/2009 10:46:26 PM PDT by HuntsvilleTxVeteran ((B.?) Hussein (Obama?Soetoro?Dunham?) Change America Will Die From.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

She was denied “compassionate release” in July 2008 after she was diagnosed and given only months to live. Here we are 1 year and 2 months later and she is still clinging to life.

Now she can die in prison.


7 posted on 09/02/2009 10:46:48 PM PDT by elizabethgrace (WORLD CHAMPIONS - Park View Little League - Chula Vista, CA !!!!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

I hope this “terminally ill with cancer” stuff being used by the shysters doesn’t become a trend. It sure appears that way though.


8 posted on 09/02/2009 10:47:03 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Dude! Where's my country?)
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To: scott7278

Well, I’d say that just about wraps it up for Susan. She won’t make it to 2012.


9 posted on 09/02/2009 10:51:20 PM PDT by john in springfield (One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe such things.No ordinary man could be such a fool.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer
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10 posted on 09/02/2009 10:51:49 PM PDT by elizabethgrace (WORLD CHAMPIONS - Park View Little League - Chula Vista, CA !!!!!!)
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To: Free ThinkerNY; shibumi

Oh, pardon me while I cry my eyes out.

[Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy...and vice versa]


11 posted on 09/02/2009 10:53:41 PM PDT by Salamander (Like acid and oil on a madman's face, reason tends to fly away.........)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Sharon Tate was unavailable for comment.


12 posted on 09/02/2009 10:55:49 PM PDT by Lizavetta (In Communism everything is free. But there isn't any of it.)
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To: elizabethgrace

The wheels of God grind slow, but they grind exceedingly small.


13 posted on 09/02/2009 10:59:21 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
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To: Free ThinkerNY

>Her death sentence was commuted to life in prison in 1972...

Well, to me that means that she was sentenced to die in prison. So here she is.


14 posted on 09/02/2009 11:02:29 PM PDT by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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Susan Atkins stabbed an innocent Sharon Tate over 15 times, murdering her.

All the Manson group, including Charlie should have been launched from earth after their trial so many years ago.
Sickening that they are still here from that temp legal loophole. It all should have been reversed and they should be history.

15 posted on 09/02/2009 11:03:21 PM PDT by NoRedTape
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To: elizabethgrace

looks like she is still hanging out with hippie Manson types


16 posted on 09/02/2009 11:06:16 PM PDT by Chet 99
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good I hope she rots in jail. Oh wait! She already is.


17 posted on 09/02/2009 11:12:36 PM PDT by BigCinBigD ('Evil white devil since 1960')
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To: elizabethgrace

She might make it another year. Or she might make it a few weeks. But I seriously doubt she’ll make it to 2012.


18 posted on 09/02/2009 11:16:49 PM PDT by john in springfield (One has to belong to the intelligentsia to believe such things.No ordinary man could be such a fool.)
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Good....we are better than Scotland

I say that descended as a Cromwell bastard


19 posted on 09/02/2009 11:19:23 PM PDT by wardaddy
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To: Free ThinkerNY

Atkins was not bad looking....man, I recall that horror like yesterday

how on earth did a bunch of fairly average to cute upper middle class girls come to live in a drug and orgy laden commune and take instructions to go out and kill wantonly from some little sawed off pervert who had been warped from watching mommy bang for cash in the bed next to him and spent most of his hillbilly upbringing in the joint

LSD in huge continuous doses helped but it was more than that..


20 posted on 09/02/2009 11:22:49 PM PDT by wardaddy
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