“Life Without…”
1972… U.S. Supreme Court overturned the Death Penalty, citing “cruel and unusual punishment”… ALL Death Row convicts’ sentences were immediately commuted to the next available sentence, which at that time was “Life, WITH the Possibility of Parole”, simply because in 1972 there was no Life WITHOUT… And thereafter, the seeds were sewn for endless rounds of Parole Hearings for all concerned, 1st degree killers of all kinds, including the Manson Family killers. Many affected by this new ruling, of course, eventually gained their release, with what was considered the proper amount of time served, their behaviour while incarcerated and their demonstration of remorse and rehabilitation while serving their time. None of the Manson Family killers were given release dates, despite the fact that they began their Parole quest as early as 1978. Thirty-nine years later, “Tex” Watson, Leslie van Houten, Bobby Beausoleil, Bruce Davis, Charles Manson and Patricia Krenwinkel all continue to ...
