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If it was a life sentence, and there is no new evidence to exonerate her, life should mean life.
The only advantage to letting her out would be that the money-strapped California state prison system wouldn't have to pay for her end-of-life care.
I was thinking the same thing myself, only one better- leave her without compassion at all in a country that has no healthcare for uninsured. That's the world she helped make with her own destructive behavior, coupled with the 40 yr burden for her annual maintenance. Drop her off in the tundra of alaska. See ya!
NYS reinstated its death penalty years ago, and the then popular governor cuomo decided to announce due to his religious beliefs he would pardon anyone sentanced to death. That was the end of his career. IMO if a horse cannot be a horse anymore, you put him down. I see no reason why people involved in crimes so egregious, so heinous, so beyond the pale, over the line that there is no coming back, should be allowed to live in a bird cage paid for by the victims.
I think sentancing should consider if this human being has any potential for rehabilitation, and use public funds in earnest for that effort for those who can, and cut loose the dead weight of those who never will be. Life's harsh, make it harsher by abusing civilization, you'd pay this price in nature with wolves.
Susan Atkins, a Manson family member, is requesting "compassionate release" from prison due to terminal cancer and a prognosis of 6 months to live. IMO, she should be required to serve the remainder of her “life” sentence in prison, given the heinous nature of her crimes. What are your thoughts?
Well remember the article did say that she was married to her attorney. I'm sure she will be living RATHER well in spite of the life she has lead up to now.
I'm pretty hard core but in her case she has served "Life". I say let her out.
Manson is the one who never needs to see the light of day.
No, she didn't serve life yet. A life sentence isn't thrown out when you get a boo boo. She should only be release to a coroner. Then and then only, is a "Life" sentence completed.
And no, don't offer her the needle. That's still letting her get her way. Suicide is wrong, whether we do it, or she does it.
No, she didn't serve life yet. A life sentence isn't thrown out when you get a boo boo. She should only be release to a coroner. Then and then only, is a "Life" sentence completed.
And no, don't offer her the needle. That's still letting her get her way. Suicide is wrong, whether we do it, or she does it.
I'm sure she was not feeling any compassion as Sharon Tate begged for her life and the life of her unborn baby. I don't think she should be allowed out for any reason.
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According to her Web site, Atkins is a born-again Christian who during her incarceration has worked to aid at-risk youth, victims of violent crimes and homeless children.
Why is it that criminals always "find Jesus" after they get caught? Why don't they ever "find Jesus" before they rob, rape and kill?
According to her Web site, Atkins is a born-again Christian who during her incarceration has worked to aid at-risk youth, victims of violent crimes and homeless children.
Why is it that criminals always "find Jesus" after they get caught? Why don't they ever "find Jesus" before they rob, rape and kill?
That is what most of them claim while in prison, a good share of their victims probably found Jesus before they were killed. I don't have much faith in the ones that became bible thumpers in prison.
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