Do you think Susan Atkins as a Charles manson follower deserves what has happened to her?
Last year, doctors diagnosed Susan Atkins with terminal cancer, prompting a failed bid by the convicted murderer and Charles Manson follower to receive a “compassionate release” from state prison. But Atkins, who gained infamy for her role in the 1969 slayings of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and others in a bloody two-night rampage in Los Angeles, may get one last chance to convince state parole officials she should no longer be kept behind bars. Officials with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Thursday they have scheduled a Sept. 2 parole hearing for Atkins in Los Angeles. Atkins has served 38 years in prison, longer than any other female prisoner, officials said. Before last year’s attempt, she was most recently considered for, and denied, parole in 2000. In early 2008 Atkins was diagnosed with brain cancer. With one leg amputated and the other paralyzed, Atkins has only six months to live, doctors say. Atkins petitioned for so-called compassionate rele
Welcome to the web site supporting Susan Atkins-Whitehouse. This website has been recently updated, as of the spring of 2009. Unlike almost anything else you will read either on or off the internet, this site has been constructed by people who actually know the case. Though we admit we are a biased party (just like the prosecuting attorney), we have tried as much as possible to document absolutely everything we assert with citations to either State documentation or statements by the District Attorneys who prosecuted this case. Though convicted for the Tate-Labianca murders in 1969, even the prosecuting attorney for the case claimed Susan did not have independent counsel, was deliberately prevented from putting on any defense, and was forced to lie on the witness stand. Susan is beginning her 40th year of incarceration. This is longer than any woman in California history, and we believe longer than any woman in U.S. history. She has spent 37 years working at the California Institution f
