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Article: Parole hearing delayed for Tate killer
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- June 5, 2009
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LOS ANGELES - Susan Atkins was expected to succumb to brain
cancer months ago, but the former Charles Manson follower imprisoned
for killing actress Sharon Tate nearly four decades ago still clings
to life.
Now, a hearing that is perhaps her last chance at freedom has
been abruptly put off until September.
Her lawyer husband doesn't know whether Atkins, 61, will make it.
But that's fine with the family of Tate, among seven people killed
by Manson followers in one of the most notorious murder cases of the
20th century.
"They all should live out their natural years in institutions,"
said Debra Tate, the younger sister of the slain actress. If they
are released, she said, "I can't trust that ...