LOS ANGELES, California - California's director of adult prisons is recommending against "compassionate release" for a terminally ill former Manson family member, Susan Atkins, a spokeswoman said. Atkins, 60, was convicted in the 1969 slayings of actress Sharon Tate and four others. She had been incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Corona, California, but has been hospitalized since mid-March. Her husband and attorney, James Whitehouse, has been quoted as saying she has terminal brain cancer. She also has had a leg amputated, the Los Angeles Times has reported. More... Discount Magazine Subscriptions - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - World of Watches
