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Post by chefmate on Sept 25, 2009 13:29:02 GMT
Manson follower Susan Atkins dies in prison Henry K. Lee, Chronicle Staff Writer
Friday, September 25, 2009
(09-25) 05:20 PDT CHOWCHILLA, MADERA COUNTY -- Susan Atkins, the Charles Manson follower who lost her last chance at parole earlier this month, died at the age of 61 at the women's prison in Chowchilla, state corrections officials said. She had been suffering from brain cancer.
Atkins died of natural causes at 11:46 p.m. Thursday at the skilled nursing facility at the Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla (Madera County), said Terry Thornton, spokeswoman for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
Atkins was convicted of seven murders in the summer of 1969, including the stabbing of actress Sharon Tate, who was 8 1/2 months pregnant, and four friends at her ranch.
Atkins' death sentence was changed to life imprisonment when the Supreme Court overturned the death penalty in 1972. The death penalty was reinstated in 1976. Between 1976 and Sept. 2 of this year, Atkins was denied parole 13 times. In July 2008, the state parole board rejected her request for compassionate release.
Atkins had been incarcerated at California Institution for Women in Corona (Riverside County) for 37 years. She was transferred to a community hospital on March 18, 2008 before moving to the Chowchilla prison's nursing facility exactly a year before her death.
Of all the women in prison in California, Atkins had been behind bars the longest, authorities said.
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Post by sadie1263 on Sept 25, 2009 15:49:51 GMT
Just saw that. Glad she is no longer in pain. Hope she finds peace.
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Post by chefmate on Sept 26, 2009 1:45:05 GMT
Just saw that. Glad she is no longer in pain. Hope she finds peace. me too.
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Post by gabriel on Sept 26, 2009 4:48:28 GMT
Well, there you go. I won't be a hypocrite about her death. I'm thinking that the last month's parole board hearing was the husband's last bid to make money out of her before she died. Now that she's dead, I wonder what his next feat of magic will be.
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Post by chefmate on Sept 26, 2009 5:11:26 GMT
I don't know.
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Post by ♫anna♫ on Sept 26, 2009 5:29:17 GMT
I can't forget Sharon Tate, her unborn child and the other victims of the m@nson's zombies. I believe Atkins sincerly repented and i only wish she did more to kill the m@nson cult.
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Post by iamjumbo on Sept 26, 2009 11:51:04 GMT
Well, there you go. I won't be a hypocrite about her death. I'm thinking that the last month's parole board hearing was the husband's last bid to make money out of her before she died. Now that she's dead, I wonder what his next feat of magic will be. you're off the mark there, my man. i had many conversations with jim when hazel was at ciw. the lad really was in love with atkins. he never made a dime out of the deal, but it certainly did cost him plenty. when she was transferred to ccwf, the stakes went up. when i was going for 26 months, i stayed in a $30 a night fleabag, and the trip cost around four hundred bucks, so i only did it twice a month. he would have been there every weekend. no, he wasn't there for money. my question is, where did the "skilled nursing facility" come from? i spent two years rousting the medical department there because no one was skilled.
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