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Friday September 25, 2009
Charles Manson:
The Associated Press reports that Susan Atkins, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson whose remorseless witness stand confession to killing pregnant actress Sharon Tate in 1969 shocked the world, has died. She was 61 and had been suffering from brain cancer.
Atkins’ death comes less than a month after a parole board turned down the terminally ill woman’s last chance at freedom on Sept. 2. She was brought to the hearing on a gurney and slept through most of it.
California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton said that Atkins died late Thursday night. She had been diagnosed with brain cancer in 2008, had a leg amputated and was given only a few months to live.
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Thursday September 3, 2009
Charles Manson:
For the second time in as many years, a state parole board voted unanimously Wednesday to deny one of Charles Manson’s fiercest followers her request for a “compassionate release” so that she can die at home. Former Manson prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi said it was time for the state to show Atkins mercy.
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Thursday July 17, 2008
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Susan Atkins, 60, played a central role in the slayings of Tate and others in a bloody two-night rampage in the Los Angeles area.
She has served 37 years in prison, longer than any other woman currently a prisoner in California, officials say.
Now ill with brain cancer, with one leg amputated and the other paralyzed, Atkins has only months to live, doctors have said.
The petition for Atkins’ release ignited debate about what mercy is appropriate, particularly considering the grisly crimes for which she was convicted. » Full Story
Tuesday July 15, 2008
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L.A. County Dist. Atty. Steve Cooley and other prosecutors are urging the state parole board to deny a ‘compassionate release’ to the Charles Manson follower who has terminal brain cancer.Atkins and other members of Manson’s cult were convicted in seven murders during a bloody rampage in the Los Angeles area over two nights in 1969. Actress Sharon Tate, the wife of film director Roman Polanski, was 8 1/2 months pregnant when she and four others were killed at her hilltop home in Benedict Canyon.
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Thursday May 22, 2008
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Investigators and scientists went to Charles Manson’s last hideout to hunt for clandestine graves that could contain other possible victims. The closest thing they found were animal bones.
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Tuesday May 20, 2008
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Of particular interest today were two sites where cadaver dogs and analyses of soil samples produced mixed but somewhat encouraging results that could possibly support lingering rumors that bodies may be buried at Barker Ranch.
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Monday March 17, 2008
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For years, rumors have swirled about other possible Manson family victims — hitchhikers who visited them at the ranch and were not seen again, runaways who drifted into the camp then fell out of favor. Until now, in the absence of bodies, they were forgotten. [video]
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Friday August 31, 2007
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Van Houten was convicted of murder and conspiracy for participating with fellow Mason family members Charles “Tex” Watson and Patricia Krenwinkel in the Aug. 9, 1969, slayings of grocers Leno and Rosemary La Bianca at their Los Feliz home.
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Thursday August 23, 2007
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A cleaning crew called the police Friday after discovering satanic markings inside an unoccupied Palm Springs, Calif., vacation home saluting convicted killer Charles Manson — almost 38 years to the day after the cult leader and his followers left similar messages at their now infamous California murder scenes.
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Thursday May 24, 2007
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Charles Manson was denied parole Wednesday, the 11th time since 1978 that the cult leader was ordered to continue serving life sentences for a murderous rampage in 1969.
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Friday September 8, 2006
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Former Charles Manson Disciple Leslie Van Houten Denied Parole for 16th Time in California
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Thursday August 26, 2004
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CORONA, Calif. (AP)--Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten was denied parole for a 16th time on Wednesday, just over 35 years after the notorious Tate-LaBianca murders.
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Sunday July 11, 2004
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The infamous Charles Manson still has a disturbingly strong following. Can three new films dispel his cult appeal, asks Stephen Applebaum
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Friday May 14, 2004
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America has a ghastly history of multiple murderers -- Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Ted Bundy, to name just a few. However, none conjures images of unbridled savagery as much as Charles Manson. Worshiped by a bizarre cult of disaffected youths who grotesquely slaughtered strangers at his command, Manson stands alone in the rogues' gallery of ghoulish public fascination.
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Most Read about Charles Manson
- CBS unveils a shameless, sadistic new Manson family portrait
- Searchers find possible graves at Charles Manson compound
- Charles Manson Again Denied Parole
- Charles Manson Follower Van Houten Denied Parole
- Protests against compassionate release of Susan Atkins expand
- Ex-Manson Disciple Denied Parole For 18th Time
- Getting away with murder?
- Manson Follower Van Houten Denied Parole
- Parole panel denies compassionate release for Manson follower Susan Atkins
- Cops Investigate Manson-Themed Vandalism
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