Manson follower can barely speak, husband says

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• Susan Atkins is bedridden, can barely speak husband says
  
• Top prosecutor asks parole board to deny the compassionate release request
  
• Steve Cooley notes Atkins personally stabbed pregnant victim, tasted her blood
  
• Atkins, who was convicted of eight 1969 murders, is terminally ill
  
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