My latest library find was a helluva selection!
"Life After Murder: Five Men In Search Of Redemption" by Nancy Mullane is a
MUST READ for anyone interested in reading about crime & punishment in the state of California, and Tate/LaBianca case researchers everywhere. Why, you ask? Well, let me put it this way: After reading this book, you will understand why Pat, Leslie, Bobby, Bruce, Tex & Charlie aint ever gonna see the outside of a prison! While the book doesn't mention anything about the Tate/LaBianca/Hinman/Shea murderers, it does explain in great detail the California parole system, and how, if you are unlucky enough to be convicted of murder in California, the small chance you will ever have of returning to free society. In other words, after reading this book, I have no doubt Manson, and his ex-disciples will ever get out. The author also writes a lot about how unfair it is that the governor can make an inmate wait up to 150 days, and then take his/her parole date away, which happens most of the time, and how the inmates suffer horribly from the torture of not knowing their fate. It will definitely make you think! Of course, I am for victims rights too, but in some cases, I think change, and redemption can happen. Anyway, here is the "official" description of the book:
Life After Murder is an intimately reported, utterly compelling story
of five convicted murderers sentenced to life with the possibility of parole,
who discover after decades in prison that their second chance, if it comes at
all, is also the challenge of a lifetime. It follows their struggle for
redemption, their legal battles to make good on the state’s promise of parole,
and the lives they found after so many years inside.
