Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme to be released

[bytor2112]

Originally Posted by pam

I had heard he had started a ministry. I didn't realize that they had internet access in prison.

He has an interesting interview the site. Really sad, the choices people make.....

[pam]

The whole thing with the Manson family etc has always fascinated me. I've read so many things..read the book Helter Skelter. It's just amazing how one person can control so many. Of course drugs were a huge part of it. But Manson was good at what he did. He found the most vulnerable part of a persons psyche and played on that.

[Mahone]

Originally Posted by pam

I had heard he had started a ministry. I didn't realize that they had internet access in prison.

Quote from website:

Q: Do you have a computer?

A: No. I did graduate from a computer course in 1991, but I have absolutely no access to a computer, or the internet in prison.

Q: How are you involved with this outreach?

A: I am in contact with the site administrator through the U.S. Mail. I write the contents for the web site, except for the testimonies of friends, articles identified as being written by others, or quotes attributed to others.

[pam]

She hasn't died yet.

Atkins is reportedly now paralyzed over 85 percent of her body, unable to sit up or be transferred to a wheelchair, according to a Web site maintained by her husband. Her next parole hearing is scheduled for September 2, 2009.

[Carl62]

Originally Posted by pam

She hasn't died yet.

You're right Pam! I just did a quick search and yes Susan Atkins is still alive. I don't know where I got that from, but I really thought she had died. My bad.

[pam]

I know at one time it was reported that she only had 6 months to live. But she has outlived that. I wonder if her parole might actually be approved this time based on her condition.

[Carl62]

Originally Posted by pam

I know at one time it was reported that she only had 6 months to live. But she has outlived that. I wonder if her parole might actually be approved this time based on her condition.

Yeah, I think I remember reading that she only had 6 months to live or that she was just about brain dead or something along those lines that had me thinking that, but now I know different.

[Seanette]

IF any of the Mansonoids should ever be released, Squeaky would not be a prime candidate. She's one of the two who's never repudiated Manson (the other being Sandra Good), assaulted another inmate in prison, and escaped on one occasion.

Looking at it from the POV of who's an ongoing threat, I'd have to say that as brutal as Susan Atkins' actions were in 1969, she's at this point apparently incapable of harming anyone else (assuming reports of her medical condition to be accurate), behaved herself in prison, and has renounced Manson's "philosophy", so I'd be less uneasy about her being paroled, since she has shown evidence of repentance, which Squeaky has not.

Side note: my mother claims to have met some of the Manson Family pre-Tate/LaBianca. She says Charlie didn't impress her much, but some of the girls were pretty scary.

[EruditioSalvatus]

Originally Posted by pam

It's just amazing how one person can control so many.

Not really, look at most religions started or maintained by one person. Charismatic or persuasive leaders can amass thousands and send those thousands on holy wars, pilgrimages, and everything else.

Manson follower 'Squeaky' Fromme out of prison - Yahoo! News