| I might have an unpopular opinion but I don't entirely agree with the decision or at the very least I'm indifferent. Maybe it's my bleeding heart liberal mind, but I don't think the decision was this clear cut. First of all the woman is paralyzed on one side of her body, she can barely talk, she only has one leg, she's totally disabled and actively dying. If she were to be released is she going to head to the beach running around having glorious fun? Absolutely not.
I get that the crimes she committed are unspeakable. Horrific. So completely mind blowingly sickening but I also believe she isn't the same person she once was during her brainwashed days, LSD induced state, being entirely controlled by Manson. I believe she changed after getting out of his control. Having said that, I don't think that meant she deserved parole throughout the years because her crimes were unthinkable. Leslie Van Houten, for example, is the only one I consider having a good chance for parole if you study her case.
But the fact of the matter is Atkins is actively dying and I'm sure she's never going back to prison again anyway. She'll stay in the hospital so I really don't see the point to this. I guess it's the principle involved but I am utterly appalled at some of the comments being made all over the net, harsh, cruel comments by people that in my mind, are just as sick and twisted as the Manson followers who committed the murders as they sound just as insane to me.
I don't know... another thing is Atkins family like her brother, for example, in my mind is just as much of a victim because he lost his sister in many ways, maybe not physically, but he lost a solid relationship with her throughout all of these years. I feel for him, too, just as I feel for the family of Sharon Tate and the others.
There's many victims involved I guess is what I want to say,
And I'm just not sure if the correct decision was made since she's dying and probably isn't making it back to prison anyway. Heck the lead prosecutor years ago who wrote the book, Helter Skelter, even said he didn't have a problem with her release. __________________ Frenchie
Last edited by Wilpen : 07-16-2008 at 07:20 PM.
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