{"id":6685,"date":"2009-09-29T10:51:19","date_gmt":"2009-09-29T10:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/09\/susan-atkins-dies-in-prison.html"},"modified":"2009-09-29T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2009-09-29T10:51:19","slug":"susan-atkins-dies-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2009\/09\/susan-atkins-dies-in-prison.html","title":{"rendered":"Susan Atkins dies in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sharon Tate’s killer finally succumbs to brain cancer<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Susan Atkins, a leading member of Charles Manson’s violent cult who carried out brutal murders at his behest in 1969, has died in a California prison, state corrections officials said on Friday. She was 61.
\nAtkins, imprisoned since 1971 for her part in eight Manson murders, had a brain tumor. State corrections officials this month rejected her request to be freed so she would not have to die in prison.
\nAtkins died at 11:46 p.m. on Thursday, the corrections department said.
\n“Susan passed away peacefully surrounded by friends and loved ones and the incredible staff at the Skilled Nursing Facility at the Central California Women’s Facility,” her husband, James Whitehouse, said by e-mail.
\n“Her last whispered word was ‘Amen.’ No one (on) the face of the Earth worked as hard as Susan did to right an unrightable wrong,” Whitehouse said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You really can’t right a wrong when it involves murder. Nothing she did could make up for the fact that she showed no mercy to a pregnant woman. The only thing she could do was her time and even that wasn’t an act of contrition. It was forced upon her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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