Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel denied parole
Patricia Krenwinkel, who joined Charles Manson's clan in a string of grisly killings more than 40 years ago, was denied parole Thursday.
Krenwinkel, 63, was convicted on seven counts of first-degree murder for her role in the Tate-LaBianca murders that terrorized Los Angeles in 1969.
Among the victims was actress Sharon Tate, who was married to director Roman Polanski. Tate was stabbed 16 times and hanged. She was seven months pregnant.
The parole hearing was held at the women's state prison in Corona, where Krenwinkel is serving a life sentence. It was Krenwinkel's 13th appearance before the Board of Parole Hearings.
She will be up for her next parole review in seven years, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
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Photos: (top) Manson followers Patricia Krenwinkel, left, Susan Atkins and Leslie Van Houten at court on Feb. 11, 1971. Credit: Associated Press.
(bottom) Krenwinkel in state prison. Credit: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
EDITOR'S PICKS:
May she burn in hell. We will never forget.
Posted by: esb | January 20, 2011 at 09:31 PM
You have to admit...Leslie Van Houten was kind of hot.
Posted by: joebean | January 20, 2011 at 09:39 PM
This woman should never again taste freedom. The murders she committed were so horrific that she should not have the audacity to expect parole.
Posted by: niki | January 20, 2011 at 09:39 PM
I'm surprised Arnold Schwarzenegger didn't commute her sentence, too....
Posted by: USC Trojans Fan | January 20, 2011 at 10:07 PM
Unlike the rest of you, I'd say to place her under indefinite house arrest. Looked at from the economic standpoint, keeping her in prison is no longer "cost effective" and as such a waste of taxpayer funds.
Posted by: Onboard skeptic | January 20, 2011 at 10:43 PM
ugly then, ugly now.
Posted by: jrotten | January 20, 2011 at 10:49 PM
The day Krenwinkel, Leslie Van Houten, Charles Watson, and Charles Manson should be allowed to walk out of prison is the day Steven Parent, Sharon Tate, Wojciech Frykowski, Abigail Folger, Jay Sebring, Leno LaBianca, and Rosemary LaBianca can walk away from their graves.
Posted by: JTP | January 20, 2011 at 10:57 PM
You play with death, you pay with death and her case that is a cold cell on a winter's night with the gun towers and the slamming doors and a life wasted by the most basic sin there is, "Thou shalt not kill".
Posted by: jk | January 20, 2011 at 11:03 PM
I don't understand how Susan Atkins and Lynette Squeaky Fromme are both out of jail, and Squeaky tried to shoot then President Ford years ago.
Posted by: Lloyd | January 20, 2011 at 11:58 PM
The only reason these Manson Family creeps are still alive is because Jerry Brown appointed Rose Bird as California Supreme Court chief justice and she abolished the death penalty and absolved everyone on death row at that time, including Manson and his followers, of their death sentences and commuted them to life in prison. And now these self absorbed, sociopathic monsters think they're gonna get out on parole??
May she die in prison just like the one that had the brain tumor, but may she live another thirty years at least so she can think about what she did to those innocent victims every day of her miserable life until she's in her 90s.
Posted by: ArchtMig | January 21, 2011 at 12:33 AM
Noway!!! She is like CASE # 39
Watch the MOVIE with Rene Zellwegger
See if you can SLEEP after watching that one!!!
Posted by: BLUEWATER | January 21, 2011 at 12:52 AM
they hanged tate as well? and pregnant?
y didnt they all get the death penalty..
Posted by: chris | January 21, 2011 at 01:34 AM
Deny all the Manson animals parole forever. Let them rot in prison until they die. Then they can rot in hell.
Posted by: deepwater805 | January 21, 2011 at 01:56 AM
The suggestion by Onboard Skeptic was to place her under house arrest. Really?Even in her best days, she did not know how to live in society. The only thing on her resume is "Manson Follower". So she would have to live on disability, etc. And I hope she moves next door to you, or some other "cost-cutting" whiner.
Posted by: link | January 21, 2011 at 03:39 AM
The irony is Abigail Folger was a Kennedyesque liberal who gave up a jet set type life to help underpriviledged children in Watts. If she had not been Krenwinkle's victim and were alive today she would be for parole.
Posted by: James Varela | January 21, 2011 at 03:58 AM
Plenty of other killers have been released in the last 40 years, I think it's time to let all but Charlie out. Why is it that we are so afraid of these folks?
Posted by: Max Frisson | January 21, 2011 at 05:13 AM
She needs to stay in prison. Never get out.
Posted by: Roudy | January 21, 2011 at 06:25 AM
I have to agree with joebean....
Posted by: waskoma | January 21, 2011 at 06:26 AM
Okay, Rainbowers, let's hear why she should have been granted parole and how the white european male is responsible for the Tate/LaBianca murders.
Posted by: Michael Scully | January 21, 2011 at 06:54 AM
Why wasn't she and the rest of that breed put to death?
Posted by: john | January 21, 2011 at 07:06 AM
What is the purpose of our penal system? Is it to punish or to try an attempt to rehabilitate so one is no longer a threat to society? Should not our system extend equanimity across the whole? Other criminals have walked free or had their sentences commuted for equally heinous crimes after much shorter a time in prison. Ms. Krenwinkle's original sentence was death, commuted to life in prison, not life without parole. I suspect after 40 years in a cell, she has atoned to her God, has deep remorse and regret for her actions and poses no threat if released, albeit I am not her. Nay, it is us who continue to express vindictive sentiment, wishing her cruelty, pain and suffering in the name of the victims. What would Jesus do? Extend compassion and release her I believe.
Posted by: Matt | January 21, 2011 at 07:09 AM
Yes, Leslie was hot....
Posted by: dan | January 21, 2011 at 07:11 AM
So in addition to the MILLIONS taxpayers had to pay for the trials, we have to pay MILLIONS to keep this person incarcerated. I tend to agree with Onboard below. House arrest, and let her family support her. I strongly doubt this woman is a threat to society, and let's face it, her life has been destroyed - as it should have been. But let's save the California taxpayer some money...
Posted by: Eric of Reseda | January 21, 2011 at 08:20 AM
A good stat to report is how many people are actually granted parole. 90% 10% 1 % ? she didn't get hers, but is that unusual or pretty much the standard?
Plus, I doubt any of them will get out until Charlie dies in jail. On top of being vicious criminals, they have the Baggage of Charlie Manson to carry around.
Posted by: billy | January 21, 2011 at 08:21 AM
Let her go. She is no danger to anyone. She has suffered unbelievably tremendously already. There is NOTHING to be gained by keeping her in prison -- other than revenge and to fulfill the public lust for inflicting hate. The public is now committing a hate crime by keeping her locked up.
If anyone fears her moving in next door to them, well, she is welcome to move in next door to me.
Posted by: Mark | January 21, 2011 at 08:27 AM