Sharon Tate has admitted she stabbed pregnant actress Susan Atkins to death . She has been denied parole on five previous occasions . As of earlier this year , she was paralyzed over 85 percent of her body and could not sit up in bed or be moved into a wheelchair , according to a Web site maintained by her husband and attorney , James Whitehouse . Atkins has terminal brain cancer and July 2008 to live . She was denied compassionate release in just months .
Sharon Tate has admitted she stabbed pregnant actress Susan Atkins to death . She has been denied parole on five previous occasions . Atkins has terminal brain cancer and July 2008 to live . She was denied compassionate release in just months .