Who is Patricia 'Pigs' Krenwinkel? Former Manson Family killer may walk FREE after 51 years
Patricia Krenwinkel’s victims included members of the Hollywood elite such pregnant actress Sharon Tate
Who is Patricia Krenwinkel?
Krenwinkel was one of the notorious members of the cult led by Charles Manson, who preached a bizarre philosophy incorporating Christianity, Scientology and the hippy movement. Krenwinkel was 19 years old when she met the 33-year-old Manson at a party in the 1960s. Patricia lived with her elder sister at the time.
Krenwinkel
got on the wrong side of the law after she along with Susan Atkins,
Linda Kasabian, and Charles "Tex" Watson murdered Tate and four other
people at the instructions of Manson. According to multiple reports,
Patricia along with other members tortured, murdered and mutilated
wealthy LA couple Rosemary and Leno LaBianca. Patricia stabbed LaBianca
in the stomach with a fork and then took to rag to write "Helter
Skelter", ''Rise" and "Death to Pigs" on the walls with his blood.
Will Patricia Krenwinkel finally get parole?
According to The Sun, the parole recommendation of Krenwinkel will be reviewed by the state parole board's legal division before the final approval of Governor Gavin Newsom. He is the same person who rejected parole recommendations for other followers of Charles Manson, who died in prison in 2017. Speaking of Krenwinkel, her last parole was denied in 2017.
According
to new laws, the panel will have to consider that she committed the
crimes at a young age but she is now an elderly prisoner. Krenwinkel’s
attorney, Keith Wattley revealed that the relatives of her victims
provided the same objections at the hearing as prosecutors have in the
past. Wattley said, "She's completely transformed from the person she
was when she committed this crime, which is all that it's supposed to
take to be granted parole,” adding, “I’m hopeful that the governor
recognizes that he shouldn’t be playing political games with people’s
lives. The governor would be blocking her parole not because he’s afraid
of her, but because he doesn’t like her. And the law doesn’t allow
that."
2 comments:
Hopefully they let her shave her legs in prison.
One of the functions of our criminal justice system...specifically our prisons...is the concept of deterrence. That is...fear of being incarcerated for the rest of one's life, or even executed, is thought to deter people from committing heinous crimes against their fellow citizens. She's lucky she wasn't executed. (But then...we're talking California).
There are plenty of other reasons why she should remain in prison. One other might be that...when friends and family members of victims of heinous crimes are led to believe that the perpetrators of those crimes will not be adequately punished...they might just see fit to meet out punishment themselves. Which would lead to more violence and... ultimately...anarchy.
We may soon be seeing THAT in the once great state of California as well.
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