| Congressional Representative Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan Gender:  Posts: 2,369 Country:  Points: 13,298, Level: 75 | Level up: 12%, 352 Points needed |  |  Quote:
Originally Posted by nuttyjoe  There is another serial killer in prison that is even up for prole soon! (Although he is unlikely to get it) I'm sure you all know of Charles Manson. Do you think he can be cured? He won't be put to death-ever-because over the years he has become a symbol of our culture's obsession with the sick and depraved. He is a media icon if there ever was one. Can anyone explain to me the need or not of the death penalty using Manson as an example? | Manson, IMO, cannot be cured.
His followers, at least some, can and HAVE been cured.
I've seen interviews of Patricia Krenwinkle and Leslie Van Houten, and these women are out of the thrall of Manson, and while they would like to get out of prison, don't ever hope to. They talk about those times now almost as if it were a dream, surreal in nature.
Notice, though, that they never interview Susan Atkins and Charles Watson, IMO, the craziest of the group. |