Manson Family Member -- Should She Go Free?

Posted Jul 14th 2008 2:36PM by TMZ Staff

Manson Family member Susan Atkins should not become a free woman, at least if the L.A. County D.A. has his way.

Atkins, who has been diagnosed with brain cancer and may have only six months to live, has applied for Compassionate Release Consideration.

D.A. Steve Cooley says not good enough, noting that Atkins was front and center for the Sharon Tate murders back in '69. Atkins personally stabbed Tate, tasted her blood and used it to write "PIG" on the front door.

Cooley claims Atkins "has failed to demonstrate genuine remorse and lacks insight and understanding of the gravity of her crimes."

Atkins received the death penalty but it was commuted to life after the California death penalty was ruled unconstitutional.

The Board of Prison Terms hearing is tomorrow in Sacramento.

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1. Oh waaaahhhh...the poor thing has brain cancer so she wants out - TOO BAD BITCH!

Posted at 2:47PM on Jul 14th 2008 by jc

2. no way, where was her compassion for sharon tate?

Posted at 2:49PM on Jul 14th 2008 by tuna marie

3. Let her die...

Posted at 2:50PM on Jul 14th 2008 by Dale

4. Let her sick azz rot in jail!!!!

Posted at 2:51PM on Jul 14th 2008 by kane

5. I say let her out. She did me a favor, allowing me to screw drugged up underage girls at my pal Jack's house. Thanks Susan!

Posted at 2:51PM on Jul 14th 2008 by Polanski

6. Isn't the idea of sentencing someone to "life" is that they die in prison? So now their going to let her out because she's dying? That makes perfect sense!

Posted at 2:51PM on Jul 14th 2008 by NoLee

7. HELL NO!!!!! Let her sick ass rot in jail. They had better not let her go free i dont care if she only has a day to live. This woman is a freaking lunatic and doesn't deserve to be let out of jail for ANY reason.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 14th 2008 by Kari

8. Let her go free! Yes, her crime was horrific but she was just a kid then and brainwashed by Manson. She served her time (decades in prison) -- that was almost 40 years ago. I work for the court system and I know that there are plenty of murderers who were freed who didn't serve nearly as much time.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 14th 2008 by kitkat

9. Hell no, this crazy psycho shouldn't be let out! I don't care if she is dying of brain cancer, and even if she did show remorse for what she did, IMO, it's too little too late. Let the woman rot in prison for the rest of her worthless life. We should feel sorry for her because she has cancer? No way. The state just doesn't want to be responsible for her medical bills, that's all. Well too damn bad.

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 14th 2008 by crymeariver

10. Let this stupid bitch rot in prison, cancer or not, period...

Posted at 2:52PM on Jul 14th 2008 by Oh yeahhh

11. Hope she rots in hell.

Posted at 2:53PM on Jul 14th 2008 by LWood

12. She was a victim of Manson, taken advantage of as a young naive child.

Posted at 2:56PM on Jul 14th 2008 by Bill Clinton

13. Susan Atkins should be shown the same compassion that she showed Sharon Tate and the rest of the victims before she helped murder those people...that would be ziltch...let the last thing she sees in this life be the bars to her cell...

Posted at 2:57PM on Jul 14th 2008 by Know8all

14. she needs to rot in prison. she is evil and neesds to stay in the clink... why should she go free.... sharon tate and the others never had the chance to live ... they are dead and i hope the evil beast rots in hell where she belongs... she will burn in hell when she dies and i am glad....

Posted at 2:57PM on Jul 14th 2008 by thomas

15. They should have been put to death as originally the desision was but then Calinutt repealed that and gave them life None of them should ever be released no matter what!!

Posted at 2:57PM on Jul 14th 2008 by gossipking

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