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Article: Jailed Charles Manson follower is denied compassionate release by a California parole board
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- July 16, 2008
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Nearly 40 years ago, Susan Atkins was a leading character in one of the most horrific chapters in California history.
On Tuesday, the former follower of Charles Manson sought to end her story on her own terms: by being allowed to go home. The state parole board denied that request.
Atkins, convicted in the slayings of actress Sharon Tate and others in 1969, is dying of brain cancer and asked that she be granted compassionate release from prison. She wants to spend her final months surrounded by family and friends, not prison guards.
"Susan has served a life sentence," Virginia Seals, Atkins' sister-in-law, said in arguing that the state's longest-serving ...