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Skittles

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17. the "friend" sounds like Anne Perry

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Sun Aug 13, 2023, 10:13 PM

Aug 2023

I agree, I think young folk can be rehabilitated......Ms. Van Houten was still in jail not because of what she did, but because of the notoriety of the victims.

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Maybe It's Time We Gave This Manson Family Killer a Break [View all] Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 OP

She's out. I'd like to respect her victims' family now & let her just live out her life in anonymity hlthe2b Aug 2023 #1

+++ JohnSJ Aug 2023 #3

I suspect Dylan Roof was under the influence of others which motivated his racist murder spree. JohnSJ Aug 2023 #2

He has not paid up and he has not earned model prisoner status Tetrachloride Aug 2023 #4

Not nearly YET Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #5

I think maybe he should calguy Aug 2023 #7

Maybe in 50 years. 1WorldHope Aug 2023 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author 1WorldHope Aug 2023 #10

A lot of adjectives come to mind when I think of them. Harker Aug 2023 #6

I just watched a documentary on the Manson women Siwsan Aug 2023 #8

To me, the most sincere expression of remorse for murder is not committing it in the first place. Aristus Aug 2023 #11

Second act... Always something new to learn. I had to look it up. keithbvadu2 Aug 2023 #12

Have to rely on experts that know what they are doing. LiberalFighter Aug 2023 #13

I wonder what was going through Van Houten's mind as she held her victum down spike jones Aug 2023 #14

Please Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #15

So, I have thought about it. spike jones Aug 2023 #16

Apparently Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #18

the "friend" sounds like Anne Perry Skittles Aug 2023 #17

It's the nature of the crime, the close-up, hands-on brutality of it. Both crimes you mention were Joinfortmill Aug 2023 #19