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CORONA, California — Former Charles Manson follower Susan Atkins, convicted in the 1969 murder of actress Sharon Tate, could soon be released from a U.S. prison because she is near death, authorities said.
Atkins, 59, is terminally ill and being considered for so-called "compassionate release," California state corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. She gave no details of Atkins' illness, but said a doctor determined she had less than six months to live.
The corrections department must approve the request before it is passed to the state Board of Parole, which has the power to release terminally ill inmates under California state law so they can die with loved ones, at their expense.
Such releases are relatively rare — only 10 of 60 requests made last year were granted, Thornton said. The prisoners must have family members willing and able to care for them.
Atkins was one of cult leader Charles 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.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,366306,00.html

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Posted by: Delta784

Screw her......Sharon Tate, her baby, and the LaBiancas didn't have the chance to determine the circumstances of their deaths. Neither should she.

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Posted by: PBC FL Cop

Ex-Manson follower dying, seeks release from prison


LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Former Manson family member Susan Atkins has requested a "compassionate release" from prison because she has less than six months to live, a California prisons spokeswoman said Friday.
Susan Atkins, Califorina's longest-serving female inmate, is shown in her most recent mug shot.

Atkins, 60, was convicted in the 1969 slayings of actress Sharon Tate and four others. She had been incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California.

But Atkins, the state's longest- serving female inmate, has been hospitalized since March 18 and is listed in serious condition, state corrections department spokeswoman Terry Thornton said. Because of privacy laws, Thornton would not disclose the nature of Atkins' illness.
Atkins' husband and attorney, James Whitehouse, was quoted as saying she has been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer, according to a blog called Manson Family Today. She also has had a leg amputated, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday, citing sources close to the case.

The compassionate release request has been approved by the prison, which conducted an evaluation, and is under corrections department review, Thornton said.

If the department approves, the Board of Parole Hearings and the sentencing court in Los Angeles also must sign off on the request. There is no timeline for a decision to be made, Thornton said.

Atkins, known within the Manson family as "Sadie Mae Glutz," has been in prison since 1971 and has been denied parole 11 times.

According to historical accounts of the murders, Atkins stabbed Tate, who was 8½ months pregnant, and scawled the word "pig" in blood on the door of the home the actress shared with director Roman Polanski.

"I don't want to seem like a heartless creature, but in all my years, I never considered this could happen," Debra Tate, the actress' sister, told the Riverside Press-Enterprise.

"She showed no compassion. She told my sister as she slit her throat that she didn't (care) for her or her unborn baby," Tate added.

Sharon Tate and three houseguests were slain in August 1969 by killers who burst into her Benedict Canyon home. A teenager who was visiting the home's caretaker in his cottage on the property also was killed.

The following night, Leno and Rosemary LaBianca were slain in their home in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles. The two-day crime spree sent shock waves throughout Los Angeles.

All of the killers remain behind bars. Atkins also was convicted in the earlier murder of music teacher Gary Hinman.

Atkins, like Manson, received a death sentence, and the punishment was changed to life in prison when the California Supreme Court ruled the state's death penalty unconsitutional in 1972.

Vincent Bugliosi, who prosecuted Atkins, told the Los Angeles Times that she "has paid substantially, though not completely, for her horrendous crimes. Paying completely would mean imposing the death penalty." But, he told the paper, given her terminal illness, "I don't have an objection to her being released."

According to her Web site, Atkins is a born-again Christian who during her incarceration has worked to aid at-risk youth, victims of violent crimes and homeless children.

Last month, authorities dug for buried bodies at the Inyo County, California, ranch where Manson and his followers once lived, after police became aware that testing had indicated humans might be buried there. Nothing was found, police said.

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Posted by: rg1283

We're not talking white collar crime here. She Killed another human being in cold blood. Rot in hell!

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Posted by: Delta784

Quote:

Originally Posted by PBC FL Cop

Nice cold sore.

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Posted by: NewEngland2007

Let me dig down deep for some compassionate sympathy. <dig dig dig> B'gosh, I'm really sorry, but I'm just not finding any.

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Posted by: Tuna

screw her let her rot

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Posted by: jettsixx

Ah she looks rehabilitated. im sure she said she was sorry, no wait your right screw her let her rot

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Posted by: adroitcuffs

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Originally Posted by NewEngland2007 Let me dig down deep for some compassionate sympathy. <dig dig dig> B'gosh, I'm really sorry, but I'm just not finding any.

Amen to that, LMAO!!

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Posted by: kwflatbed

Official Recommends Sharon Tate Murderess Stay in Prison

Friday, June 20, 2008



CORONA, California — California's director of adult prisons is recommending that former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Susan Atkins be denied a compassionate release on the basis of terminal illness.

A prison spokeswoman says director Suzan Hubbard made the decision Wednesday.
Officials at the California Institution for Women had recommended that she be released to die in the care of her family.
The 60-year-old Atkins was held at the facility for decades before a move to a hospital to treat her brain cancer.
Hubbard's recommendation is advisory. The Board of Parole Hearings must decide whether to take up Atkins' case, and her original sentencing court in Los Angeles County would make the final decision.
Atkins confessed to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate during a murderous rampage with other Manson followers in 1969.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,369520,00.html

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Posted by: 7costanza

They should let her out before her release date....after she croaks in her cell by herself....hows that for compassion...

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