http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21779/parole-panel-denies-compassionate-release-for-manson-follower-susan-atkins http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21779/parole-panel-denies-compassionate-release-for-manson-follower-susan-atkins#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:50:58 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21779 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21779/parole-panel-denies-compassionate-release-for-manson-follower-susan-atkins/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21773/susan-atkins-charles-manson http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21773/susan-atkins-charles-manson#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 14:06:27 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21773 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.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21773/susan-atkins-charles-manson/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21501/manson-ranch-dig-called-off-with-no-bodies-found http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21501/manson-ranch-dig-called-off-with-no-bodies-found#comments Thu, 22 May 2008 10:31:15 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21501 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21501/manson-ranch-dig-called-off-with-no-bodies-found/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21490/excavation-begins-at-inyo-county-ranch-connected-to-manson-family http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21490/excavation-begins-at-inyo-county-ranch-connected-to-manson-family#comments Tue, 20 May 2008 04:23:31 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21490 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21490/excavation-begins-at-inyo-county-ranch-connected-to-manson-family/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20896/charles-manson-2 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20896/charles-manson-2#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 05:14:16 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20896/charles-manson-2 [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/20896/charles-manson-2/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19203/leslie-van-houten http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19203/leslie-van-houten#comments Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:24:38 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19203/leslie-van-houten http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19203/leslie-van-houten/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19118/cops-investigate-manson-themed-vandalism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19118/cops-investigate-manson-themed-vandalism#comments Wed, 22 Aug 2007 23:18:26 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19118/cops-investigate-manson-themed-vandalism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/19118/cops-investigate-manson-themed-vandalism/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18343/charles-manson http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18343/charles-manson#comments Thu, 24 May 2007 16:17:20 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18343/charles-manson http://www.religionnewsblog.com/18343/charles-manson/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15853/charles-manson-follower-van-houten-denied-parole http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15853/charles-manson-follower-van-houten-denied-parole#comments Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/15853/charles-manson-follower-van-houten-denied-parole/feed http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8513/manson-follower-van-houten-denied-parole http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8513/manson-follower-van-houten-denied-parole#comments Thu, 26 Aug 2004 20:06:06 +0000 Religion News Blog http:/?p=8513 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/8513/manson-follower-van-houten-denied-parole/feed