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11-16-2011, 11:18 AM
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Charles Manson's 'right-hand man' seeks parole
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The self-described right-hand man of cult leader Charles Manson, who was convicted of orchestrating the Tate-LaBianca slayings 42 years ago, has his latest parole hearing scheduled Wednesday in a California prison.
Charles "Tex" Watson, 65, has been denied parole 13 times but will try again during a hearing at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, in the Sierra foothills 50 miles southeast of Sacramento.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45319678.../#.TsPh9UMr2so
Lets hope he fails again! 
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11-16-2011, 11:42 AM
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I think all of these parole hearings are just protocol. Going through the motions as is legally required. None of them are going anywhere. Where would they go even if there was a chance to get out anyhow? Their entire lives have been spent in jail.
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11-16-2011, 11:45 AM
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Yeah, no worries. He's not going anywhere.
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11-16-2011, 01:23 PM
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When his victims are freed from their graves to be with their families again is when he needs to be free to be with his family. They didn't get a second chance, and he doesn't deserve one either.
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11-16-2011, 01:25 PM
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Good luck with that, lol. 
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11-16-2011, 02:22 PM
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All of those connected and in prison will stay there and die. They will never get out, nor should they.
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11-16-2011, 02:32 PM
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This infuriates me!
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Watson married and divorced in prison and has four children from conjugal visits, but his family did not respond to a request for comment that was left through the website that promotes Watson's prison ministry,
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What is up with the conjugal visits? This man was sentenced to death and he's getting conjugal visits in jail? I thought that when the death penalty was abolished that the sentences were commuted to life without parole. I wonder why they weren't.
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11-16-2011, 03:40 PM
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This infuriates me!
What is up with the conjugal visits? This man was sentenced to death and he's getting conjugal visits in jail? I thought that when the death penalty was abolished that the sentences were commuted to life without parole. I wonder why they weren't.
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Commuted to life with parole.It's a damn shame that this kind of monster can procreate isn't it..when little baby Paul died inside of his beautiful mother without ever having his first breath of air.
I wish they ALL would have been executed.
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11-16-2011, 04:09 PM
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Commuted to life with parole.It's a damn shame that this kind of monster can procreate isn't it..when little baby Paul died inside of his beautiful mother without ever having his first breath of air.
I wish they ALL would have been executed.
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Me too. 
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11-16-2011, 06:59 PM
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Quote:
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This infuriates me!
What is up with the conjugal visits? This man was sentenced to death and he's getting conjugal visits in jail? I thought that when the death penalty was abolished that the sentences were commuted to life without parole. I wonder why they weren't.
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I believe it's because LWOP wasn't a common sentence in those days. It has since become quite common and I find it an excellent alternative to the death penalty.
I'm not sure I understand the basic principle behind conjugal visits. Obviously, the freedom of any prisoner is greatly curtailed; why does he retain some sort of right to procreate?
Do conjugal visits really serve to cut down on prison rapes? I doubt it, but if so, that might justify the practice.
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11-17-2011, 12:36 AM
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iirc, LWOP was not an option (statutory) in California, back in the day when DP sentences were reduced.
Scroll to this bolded section of the wiki article:
1972 suspension of capital punishment
imo, conjugal visits should be restricted, and those who have taken lives should not get the opportunity to enjoy such benefits and thereby possibly procreate.
I doubt that the practice cuts-down on prison rapes...different 'breed' of prisoners, violent during incarceration.
If used at all, the privilege should be reserved for The Best of The Best, not just the opposite as in the case of Tex Watson.
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