Manson loses parole bid Thursday, 25 April, 2002, 10:39 GMT 11:39 UK 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. Stephen Kay, Assistant District Attorney 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. Johnny Castro, prison spokesman 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."
yeah...i'm waiting for someone to defend him here...or talk about how horrible our system is for imprisoning this man after all this time.
Why would anyone do that? I've never read anyone here who believes cold blooded murder is OK. Maybe I've missed something?
Why in the f*ck would he even have a chance to get parole? He should have had his ass fried 32 years ago...
i was at least mildly joking...but you never know, quite frankly!! some might argue he's paid his debt to society...I'm sure there are at least some out there (on this board or not) would argue that. but what do you know? you're still young...your feelings on murder will probably change when you start paying taxes!!!
you're full of good zingers right now, huh??? yeah...usually swastikas are not a real good indicator of civil behavior. just an observation.
Random freaky fact: Did you know that the Beach Boys "Never Learn Not to Love" which appeared on their 20/20 album and was credited to Dennis Wilson was actually a Charlie Manson composition?
I don't think that's really random. Didn't one of the Beach Boys or their manager live in Tate's house before her? I think Manson was driven insane by the Beach Boys not giving him more chances or something like that.
I said random because I was off topic. You are right that it wasn't random because Manson lived in Dennis Wilson's home for a while. Dennis was asked to testify in court but refused and would never talk about that period of time.
If I'm not mistaken, either the Tate house or the LaBianca house used to be lived in by Dennis Wilson or was one of the houses in the neighborhood that he (Dennis) used to live in. That is one of the main (and probably biggest) reasons why Dennis doesn't want to talk about that. He was afraid for his life. Supposedly, according to some, those killings were to send a message to Dennis that Manson wasn't happy that he was turned down by the Beach Boys record label (Dennis had tried to get the label to sign Manson).
Yes, and a huge job killer anyway. So even if he was released on parole, the guy would have a difficult time landing a job, even at McDonald's.
Minute that clown walked out of prison someone would take care of his one way ticket to hell. He has lasted longer than Dahmer did in prison.
Okay, so I know you were joking and that this is utterly trivial and pointless to point this out, but most people in Germany have strong feelings of revulsion toward the country's Nazi past as do the Japanese about the old imperialist mentality. ...so in other words, yes, even at a McDonald's in Germany. (and I'm sure you knew that) Now if he could turn the swastika upside down and move to India...
