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==Prison Life== From 1974 onwards, Atkins stated she was a born-again Christian after seeing a vision of [http://real-life-heroes.wikia.com/wiki/Jesus_Christ Jesus Christ] in her cell. She became active in prison programs, teaching classes and received two commendations for assisting in emergency health interventions with other inmates, one of which was a suicide attempt. Atkins published her autobiography, ''Child of Satan, Child of God'', in 1977 in which she recounted the time she spent with Manson and the family, her religious conversion, and her prison experiences, (although she pocketed the money she made from it without a second thought for the victim's families). Atkins married twice while in prison. In 1981, she married Donald Lee Laisure for his money after he claimed to be a billionaire, but after finding out he lied the two divorced. She again, in 1987, to a man fifteen years her junior, James Whitehouse, a Harvard graduate, who represented Atkins at her 2000 and 2005 parole hearings. He maintained a website dedicated to her legal representation in which he spread some slander. In 2002, Atkins filed a lawsuit in federal court claiming that she was a "political prisoner" due to the repeated denials of her parole requests regardless of her suitability. After this, there were mixed opinions on Atkins' release. District Attorney Steve Cooley stated that he was strongly opposed to the release, stating that she "failed to demonstrate genuine remorse and lacks insight and understanding of the gravity of her crimes." Pam Turner, a niece of Sharon Tate, also opposed Atkins' release, stating, "If she were capable of comprehending what our family's been through, she would be ashamed to come before this parole board and ask such a request." Gloria Goodwin Killian, a legal researcher and prisoner advocate, spoke in support for Atkins' compassionate release, arguing, "Susan has been punished all that she can be. Short of going out to the hospital and physically torturing her, there is nothing left anyone can do to her. The people who are suffering are the people you see in this room today." In April 2008, Atkins had been hospitalized for more than a month with terminal brain cancer. One leg had been amputated. Atkins was given less than six months to live and subsequently requested a "compassionate release" from prison. In June, Atkins' attorney, Eric P. Lampel, stated that Atkins' condition had deteriorated to the point that she was paralyzed on one side, could only talk "a little bit", and could not sit up in bed without assistance. Prior to her 2009 parole hearing, a website maintained by Atkins' husband claimed that she was paralyzed over 85 percent of her body and unable to sit up or be transferred to a wheelchair. For the eighteenth and final time, Atkins was denied parole on September 2<sup>nd</sup>, 2009. She finally died on September 24<sup>th</sup>, 2009 after a life of failed attempts to gain parole. Her last words were "Amen". [[Category:List]] [[Category:Murderer]] [[Category:Partners in Crime]] [[Category:Conspirators]] [[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] [[Category:Barbarians]] [[Category:Psychopath]] [[Category:Charismatic]] [[Category:Dark Priest]] [[Category:Torturer]] [[Category:Criminals]] [[Category:Provoker]] [[Category:Sadists]] [[Category:Thugs]] [[Category:Delusional]] [[Category:Liars]] [[Category:Mentally Ill]] [[Category:Hypocrites]] [[Category:Brainwasher]] [[Category:Greedy]] [[Category:Pawns]] [[Category:Fanatics]] [[Category:Misanthropes]] [[Category:Spoiled Brats]] [[Category:Modern Villains]] [[Category:Elderly]] [[Category:Addicts]] [[Category:Faux Affably Evil]] [[Category:Scapegoat]] [[Category:Egotist]] [[Category:Arrogant]] [[Category:Nihilists]] [[Category:Deceased]] [[Category:Imprisoned]] [[Category:Homicidal]] [[Category:Emotionless Villains]] [[Category:From Nobody to Nightmare]] [[Category:Vandals]] [[Category:Tragic]] [[Category:Satanism]] [[Category:Chaotic Evil]] [[Category:Mongers]] [[Category:Deaths in prison]] [[Category:Remorseful]] [[Category:Redeemed]] [[Category:Perverts]] [[Category:Mass Murderers]] [[Category:Femme Fatale]] [[Category:Female]] [[Category:United States of America]] [[Category:Anti - Villain]]
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