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| Manson Killer Groupie Bitch Denied Compassionate Release |
| 2008-07-16 |
| sob story: "But I'm dying!" Her victim(s) couldn't be reached for comment. A follower of Charles Manson who stabbed pregnant actress Sharon Tate to death nearly 40 years ago but is dying of brain cancer in a California prison was denied compassionate release Tuesday. Compassionate release??? The California Board of Parole released its unanimous decision on the release of Susan Atkins hours after a 90-minute hearing, during which it heard impassioned pleas from both sides. "Obviously, it was too hot of a potato for them to handle," said one of Atkins' attorney, Eric P. Lampel. "Of course we're disappointed. There's no basis for denying this." other than justice Lampel filed a motion July 10 with Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Wesley asking for his client's release no matter what the parole board recommended. No hearing has been set, Lampel said after the hearing. "We're going to be able to make the case in court. We'll take it to the next step," he said after being informed of the board's decision by The Associated Press. Atkins' doctors and officials at the women's prison in Corona made the request in March because of her deteriorating health. She also has had her left leg amputated and is paralyzed on her right side, her husband, James Whitehouse, told the California Board of Parole Hearings. Whitehouse, also acting as one of Atkins' attorneys, had argued that his wife was so debilitated that she could not even sit up in bed. He told the parole board there was no longer a reason to keep her incarcerated. "She literally can't snap her fingers," he said. "She can put sentences together three or four times a day, but that's the extent of it." He said doctors have given her three months to live. Atkins, in a hospital near the Southern California prison where she was housed for nearly 40 years, did not attend Tuesday's hearing. The request for compassionate leave generated opposition from relatives of the victims, the state corrections department, Los Angeles County prosecutors and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. "Those kinds of crimes are just so unbelievable that I am not for compassionate release in that case," Schwarzenegger said Tuesday before the parole board issued its decision. Atkins, Manson and two other cult members, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, were tried for the 1969 cult killings of Tate; Leno and Rosemary La Bianca; and four others. Tate, the wife of filmmaker Roman Polanski, was 8 1/2 months pregnant. Sharon Tate's sister, Debra Tate, the last surviving member of her immediate family, sent a letter to the board opposing Atkins' release. "She is a cold-blooded woman who to this day has not displayed any remorse," wrote Tate, who lives in the Los Angeles area. The defendants maintained their innocence throughout the trial. Once convicted, the women confessed to the killings during the penalty phase. On the stand, Atkins recounted her role in stabbing Tate, who pleaded for the life of her unborn baby. Atkins claimed she was on LSD at the time but did not apologize for the crime until a parole hearing years later. Her brother, Steve Atkins, told the parole board Tuesday that he and his sister had been abused as children. "After Susan got in with Manson, she was lost to me," he said. "Please let us be with Susan in private in her last days, to pray with her and give our last good-byes." The defendants were sentenced to death, but their terms were commuted to life sentences when the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Manson and the two other women remain in state prison. and death it will be. F*cking Rose Bird Atkins has spent 37 years in the California Institution for Women, where she has been held longer than any other female inmate in state history. She was transferred to the hospital in March. Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said that's where she ought to remain. In a letter to the parole board, Cooley said the nature of Atkins' crimes alone should rule out any release. He noted that after Atkins stabbed Tate, she tasted her blood and used it to write the word "Pig" on the victim's door. Burn in hell, Susan |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #23 Those kinds of crimes are just so unbelievable that I am not for compassionate release in that case," Schwarzenegger And Terminator states the obvious... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2008-07-16 17:38 |
| #22 Streak??? Well, tu3031, I am wondering. Since the Cal Supreme Court issued a fiat to allow gay marriage, anything can happen. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2008-07-16 17:36 |
| #21 Coming up next... Next year, Patricia Krenwinkel, 60, another one of the principal defendants, comes up for parole again. So far, the core participants in the killing sprees, including Krenwinkel, Charles "Tex" Watson and Leslie Van Houten, along with Atkins and Manson, have been denied parole a combined 57 times. Let's hope the streak continues. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-16 16:49 |
| #20 Her brother, Steve Atkins, told the parole board Tuesday that he and his sister had been abused as children. Steve, there are a lot of people who have rough childhoods and they don't become mass murderers. They actually make something of their lives. A bad childhood doesn't excuse the murder and torture of others. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-07-16 16:36 |
| #19 No sympathy. Let her die in jail. It's a lot better fate than her victims received. |
| Posted by: Jomosing Bluetooth8431 2008-07-16 15:15 |
| #18 Atkins has spent 37 years in the California Institution for Women, where she has been held longer than any other female inmate in state history. Let the record stand. KEEP HER THERE! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-07-16 14:30 |
| #17 Teletubbies on 24/7 with the remote just out of reach. If there is not going to be a death penalty, criminals need to know that this is how they will spend their final days. No exceptions. F@kn sick. If that baby wasn't killed when they carved Sharon's womb open that baby likely cried before its blood was drank and used as ink. Lampel, how bout someone shoves a hot potato up your ass, then cuts it open and adds butter via your belly button using a dull knife then writes 'snake' on the walls with your testicles so that is the last you see as your vision fades; then maybe you will have true compassion for someone at the kool-aid slaughter. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-07-16 12:58 |
| #16 I was thinking of having some compassion for Susan Atkin's family who I take to law abiding citizens with an interest in spending time with their kin during the end of her life. They could be granted extended visiting hours or something similar. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-07-16 11:15 |
| #15 Let's compromise and allow her to be stabbed to death as her Compassionate Release. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-16 11:08 |
| #14 Look, bitch, I don't care a thing about you. You're going to die and there's nothing you can do about it. Sounds familiar, Susan? |
| Posted by: Swamp Blondie in the Cornfields 2008-07-16 10:17 |
| #13 Life in Prison means life in prison. You die there. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-07-16 10:11 |
| #12 In California, it's usually easy to find compassion for bloody killers. Persons guilty of the most horendous murders have no trouble getting midnight candle vigils at their executions. But kill a Hollywood star and California will show you no mercy. |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-07-16 09:51 |
| #11 He told the parole board there was no longer a reason to keep her incarcerated. "She literally can't snap her fingers," he said. "She can put sentences together three or four times a day, but that's the extent of it." Too bad this didn't happen to her forty years ago. When Sharon Tate can get out of her coffin, Susan Atkins can get out of jail. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-07-16 09:45 |
| #10 Dear Susan: Sux 2 b u... |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-07-16 08:46 |
| #9 She showed no compassion then, none since then, and none now. Fuck her and let her die alone and in agony in a cold, dark cell. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-07-16 07:48 |
| #8 Given the extent of the crimes, this site here has a pretty compact version of events including evidence, testimony, reports, and photos of the criminals and the folks who were murdered - both before and after. I didn't realize that "Squeaky" Fromme replaced Manson after he was caught and thrown in jail. After they caught a bunch and sentenced them to death, the supreme court overturned a bunch of their penalties, so many are eligible for parole. Thanks, USSC, for looking out for our interests as if they were your own. I guess it's a good thing you don't have to live next to any of these folks and probably enjoy all kinds of police protection. Just like the little people. What kills me is that even to this day they have not been able to round up all of them, who are still involved in things like death cults and chylde pjornografee. |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-07-16 04:09 |
| #7 Frank G: sob story: "But I'm dying!" Her victim(s) couldn't be reached for comment. sums it up quite well Frank. Right now the State of Caliphornia is showing her a World more compassion than she gave her victims. Her Attorney: "she could not even sit up in bed" "She literally can't snap her fingers," he said. "She can put sentences together three or four times a day, but that's the extent of it." Steve G. a good buddy of mine [RVN [Vietnam] Vet] is in the latter stages of terminal brain cancer. It would be an Insult to Justice to afford Susan Atkins with the same rights to choose her place to die and who she is with, as my buddy has, Steve G... And Sharon Tate and her baby never did have.. in Fact Sharon and her baby recieved Horror for Death, They had no choice but to be with vicious rabid animals ripping her belly up and her unborn child with steel when she and her baby died.. |
| Posted by: Red Dawg 2008-07-16 03:42 |
| #6 file under the "only her mother cares" category. |
| Posted by: Spats Spailet9011 2008-07-16 02:20 |
| #5 If the death penalty hadn't been outlawed years ago, she would have been dead almost 40 years ago. I have no sympathy. She has lived almost 40 years more than Sharon Tate did. Sharon's unborn baby never had a chance at life at all. |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-07-16 00:41 |
| #4 Tell the bitch she can get out when her victim (and her victim's unborn child) sign a statement saying she can get out. Other than that - no release. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2008-07-16 00:34 |
| #3 Good idea MHW. Like maybe give the family of her victims a blunt knife where they could cut the unborn tumor from her head and write the word "PIG" on the wall of her house... Works for me. Is that what you had in mind? |
| Posted by: Vespasian Threremp1622 2008-07-16 00:33 |
| #2 No, she should never be released. Let her die in her cell or the prison sick bay. No remorse for the absolute gristly way Sharon Tate and her baby were stabbed to death. This is not a political hot potato issue. This is the best justice she can get because the death penalty was denied. Let the doctors and officials at the Corona prison attend to her medical needs in a compassionate way in prison. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-07-16 00:32 |
| #1 Yes she is a cold blooded killer who still hasn't shown remorse but given that she is terminal, has only 3 months to live and has family, I they could have worked something out short of full release. |
| Posted by: mhw 2008-07-16 00:10 |