still crazy after all these years: parole not for manson

[mojo]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/wor...00/1950377.stm

Thursday, 25 April, 2002, 10:39 GMT 11:39 UK
Manson loses parole bid


Manson refused to attend
the hearing in handcuffs

Mass murderer Charles Manson's latest bid for freedom ended in failure when a parole board rejected his tenth application for release.

He is serving a life sentence in Corcoran State Prison, California, for his role in a bloody 1969 rampage.

His next opportunity for parole will be in the year 2007, Lieutenant Johnny Castro, a prison spokesman said.

Mr Castro said Manson's application had been rejected because he had committed 17 "serious" infractions since his last parole board hearing five years ago.

They included "possession of a (blunt object) weapon and threatening to hurt or kill peace officers."

In 1997, Manson had been charged with arson after he tried to set his mattress on fire, Mr Castro said.

Manson is currently being held in solitary confinement to keep him away from the general prison population.

Bad record

Before the hearing, Los Angeles Assistant District Attorney Stephen Kay described Manson, 67, as a "terrible prisoner" with a history of hitting, spitting at, or throwing coffee on prison guards and other employees.

"He's really not much different than he was in 1969 or 1970," he said.

Manson was originally sentenced to death for masterminding the 1969 murders of Hollywood actress Sharon Tate - the pregnant wife of film director Roman Polanski - and six other people.

The head of the so-called "Manson family" was found guilty of ordering his followers to murder his victims during a two-day rampage in the Los Angeles area.

Manson hoped the killings would set off a race war.

His sentence was reduced to life imprisonment when the state Supreme Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional.

California subsequently restored capital punishment.

Manson did not attend his hearing because he refused to appear in shackles.

"He refused to be handcuffed and stated that, if he could not go with his hands free, he would not attend," Mr Castro said.

"They asked him to attend up until the last minute (and) he refused."

just as newsworthy is the fact that he's still alive

[topane]

He's still alive? Wow...

[sho.gun]

How do we know that guy isn't you mojo?

[whitak24]

well, the fact he got denied for parole somewhat restores my faith in the criminal justice system

[Cantacuzene]

I don't believe we have to give him a fair chance anymore. They should have given him "...without the possibility of parole.' when they sentenced him the first time, to save us the trouble of denying him all these times.

[Memo]

If it was up to me, i'd free Charles Manson.

[asker]

Can't they just throw away the key. Maybe Charles Manson should be put in with the general prison population. Didn't they do that with Jeffrey Dahmer???

[Thunder]

freak

[eSDee]

Something tells me that Chuck has no problem chillin in Solitary.

[joe52985]

ut memo

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i was singing that song and i got to that line just to hear a full hour long lecture on what charles manson did to people from my mom it was hell!!!

dont ask about the whole bootleg javascript...im learning more in school now and im tired and bored

[Memo]

yep, they were mushroomhead lyrics, mushroomhead rocks

[joe52985]

i finally got whats his names part from bwomp down, the fast part it took me like a week

[Napoleon54]

I wonder what he thinks about. 30 years is a damn long time.

I wonder if I could keep my mind occupied for that long, just sitting with not much to do other than think. I'd probably meditate a lot.