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Susan Atkins denied a “compassionate release” again

posted by Susan Johnson | 12:28am Thursday September 3, 2009

She has terminal brain cancer:

Former Charles Manson follower and convicted murderer Susan Atkins, who has brain cancer and lost her bid last year for a “compassionate release” from prison, has been denied parole again.[...]Rackauckas wrote in his letter last year that “it would be a grave miscarriage of justice to burden the citizens of Orange County, where she can enjoy the comforts of her husband, home, and mercy she did not show Sharon Tate, her unborn baby and seven others.”

Here’s a report from last year when she tried for a compassionate release:



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Les Prouty

posted September 3, 2009 at 10:14 am


I totally agree with the denial. She showed no mercy and deserves none now re the legal system. I pray that she will seek the mercy of Almighty God who will be her ultimate Judge and if she does not, her incarceration will be a cake walk compared to the judgment of Almighty God!



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kenneth

posted September 3, 2009 at 11:43 am


Maybe she could request a transfer to Scotland. I hear murder is only a misdemeanor there these days. Of course it would help if the Atkins have significant oil resources.



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Alicia

posted September 3, 2009 at 2:09 pm


She is one of the Manson followers who belongs in prison for life. That’s what “for life” means.



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Henrietta22

posted September 3, 2009 at 5:08 pm


We lived these murders on TV and all the grusome details in 1969. Susan Tate and Roman Polanski’s baby would be 40 yrs. old if Susan Atkins had shown mercy. It’s fitting she was denied.



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Henrietta22

posted September 3, 2009 at 5:12 pm


Sorry, should have said Sharon Tate, not Susan.



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Tom

posted September 3, 2009 at 5:13 pm


I agree, Ken. Just another case of the haves vs the have-nots (ie rationing compassion ;-)



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Engine Warmer

posted September 3, 2009 at 9:44 pm


Every human being deserves a second chance…



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Charles Cosimano

posted September 3, 2009 at 11:58 pm


All that fuss over a b movie actress and a hairdresser. One wonders if normal folks had been murdered.



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Henrietta22

posted September 4, 2009 at 2:45 pm


Maybe God will give Susan a second chance when she reaches Him.
Are you having a sick humor day? Who was the hairdresser that she killed? Never heard of a hairdresser, CC.



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DotNotInOz

posted September 4, 2009 at 6:28 pm


C Cosimano is correct.
Jay Sebring, one of the victims, was a hair stylist.



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Henrietta22

posted September 4, 2009 at 10:42 pm


Thanks for reminding me about Jay Sebring, he was a popular stylist in Hollywood. I listened to Larry King talking to Kasabian, and Tate’s sister on his show tonight, and I forgot about the couple they killed the following night, also.



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Goro

posted September 5, 2009 at 10:10 am


to Engine Warmer: Susan Atkins has already had her second chance when her death sentence was commuted to life in prison WITH chance of parole. If she truly has only a few months to live (and doctors don’t really know that), what’s wrong with her living them in prison? It’s only a few more months.



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