The Los Angeles Times reported today that Susan Atkins, the former follower of Charles Manson and the convicted killer of actress Sharon Tate in 1969, could be released from a California prison after 37 years.
I profiled Atkins in 2002 after a prison interview because she stated then her hopes to live in the Laguna Beach area of coastal Orange County with her husband. That article can be found here.
According to the Times story, prison officials and her legendary prosecutor, Vincent Bugliosi,
Just as it had on 11 prior occasions during the last 37 years, a California prison board rejected Susan Atkins' request for parole today. There probably won't be a 13th rejection. The 60-year-old ex-Manson family member has a brain tumor and just months to live, according to doctors who had launched a "compassionate parole" procedure for the convicted killer in March. Her plight earned the sympathy of famed Charles Manson family prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi. For the first time he voiced support f
