article_snippet.sent: Then and now: Bruce Davis, Charles Manson's former follower (pictured left in 1970 and right in March 2014), has been denied parole after spending 43 years in prison for a double homicide in 1969 .
article_snippet.sent: Davis held Gary Hinman, a friend, at gunpoint while Charles Manson (pictured) sliced Charles Manson (pictured) face open with a sword .
article_snippet.sent: Davis, who once bragged of cutting Shea's head off, claimed Charles Manson (pictured) has turned Charles Manson (pictured) life around in prison, earning a doctoral degree in philosophy, becoming religious and ministering to other inmates.
article_snippet.sent: Charles Manson (pictured) also married a woman Charles Manson (pictured) met through the prison ministry, and has a grown daughter.
article_snippet.sent: The parole board cited those accomplishments, along with Charles Manson (pictured) age and good behavior as reasons to grant Charles Manson (pictured) parole in March last year.
article_snippet.sent: The Manson family planned to rob Hinman, a friend, but killed Gov. Jerry Brown after holding Gov. Jerry Brown two days because Gov. Jerry Brown said Gov. Jerry Brown didn't have money.
article_snippet.sent: Davis held Hinman at gunpoint while Manson sliced Manson face open with a sword.
article_snippet.sent: About a month later, Davis stabbed Shea, who worked at Spahn Ranch where The Manson family lived.
article_snippet.sent: Homicidal maniac: Charles Manson, pictured left in 2011, orchestrated the murders of eight people in 1969, including actress Sharon Tate
article_snippet.sent: Brainwashed: Manson family murderers Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkle and Leslie van Houton .
article_snippet.sent: Manson and three followers, Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel and Charles 'Tex' Watson, remain in prison for life in the notorious killings of actress Sharon Tate, the pregnant wife of director Roman Polanski, and six others.
highlights_snippet.sent: Davis claimed Davis's changed in prison, earning a PhD and becoming a minister .