What an eloquently worded post! This thread has been an amazing blend of people with differing ideas who still post with respect and dignity in spite of the ENORMOUS emotion this topic carries with it.
I think this thread could be a prototype for how to post opposing views. My hats off to everybody! Awesome posts all the way around.
Sweeties,
You might want to look at my last post prior to this one. I retracted my statement that she should be released pre-corpse, and I apologized to the posters for my prior position on this.
Doris Tate has worked very hard to keep abreast of Atkins and the others. She has kept Sharon's memory alive. I personally don't think Roman Polanski has been exactly " right" since then... I think the murders of his wife and son destroyed a part of him, and I understand that as best as I can, not having lost a child to murder but to cancer. If someone had killed her, I would want them to fry. Putting myself in the families' places has changed my outlook on what should be done with Atkins, regardless of her terminal illness.
A person given a death penalty sentence partly based upon their own gruesome confessions, even though the sentence was commuted to life for political reasons, doesn't deserve to ever see an hour of freedom.
I feel for the victims families, all of them, the LaBianca family, the Folger family, the Sebring relatives the Parent family, all of them. Every single one of the people who were stabbed, hung, shot, beaten, was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The surviving family members deserve the respect of every Manson cult member serving their sentence until the day they are carried out in a body bag.
Again, I know everyone can't read all posts, but I did write a heartfelt apology and a retraction. I appreciate having a place where our opinions can be stated, and where intelligent discussion can change some of those opinions.
Thank you very much. :blowkiss:
Respectfully.
Maria
