Manson follower , 60 , terminally ill , expected to die within six months . Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley said Monday he was strongly opposed to the release , saying in a letter to the board it would be `` an affront to people of this state , the California criminal justice system and the next of kin of many murder victims . '' Susan Atkins is bedridden , can barely speak . Atkins stabbed pregnant victim Sharon Tate 16 times . She was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection in California on August 9, 1969.
Manson follower , 60 , terminally ill , expected to die within six months . Susan Atkins is bedridden , can barely speak . Atkins stabbed pregnant victim Sharon Tate 16 times . She was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death by lethal injection in California on August 9, 1969.