Charles Manson Follower Bruce Davis Denied Parole by Calif. Gov. Schwarzenegger

By: Barry Leibowitz
Topics: Daily Blotter

Bruce Davis (AP/Calif. Dept. of Corrections)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CBS/AP) California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has rejected a recommendation to parole a member of Charles Manson's cult who was convicted of taking part in killings more than 40 years ago.

Bruce Davis is serving life sentences for two 1969 slayings, although he was not involved in the infamous Los Angeles murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others by Manson followers.

He was convicted of helping kill musician Gary Hinman and former stuntman Donald "Shorty" Shea, who lived in Manson's commune.

Schwarzenegger said in a letter made public Monday that he is reversing a January decision by the state parole board because the murders were "especially heinous."

He says the 67-year-old Davis might still be dangerous.

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by sonny1024 December 6, 2010 2:17 PM EST: this is very wrong for the governor to do this, now davis has know reason to be a good inmate because he knows that the only way for him to ever leave prison is like susan adkins DEAD,we have always said that none of them will ever get out alive,bobby boselea is another family member that has done good in prison for 40 years this should tell him that he is never getting out,PUBLIC SENTMENT IS KEEPING ALL OF THEM INTHERE UNTIL OLD AGE KILLS THEM ALL; Reply to this comment

by sherri174 September 18, 2010 4:31 PM EDT

I fine this so hard to beleave, who would know better then the parole board if Mr Davis is ready to be release, Mr Schwarzenegger, I think not. We r talking about 41 years ago, a kid now men.
One of the men from the Donald Shed murder has already been set free, and why only because he told where the body was,
So let me understand this, if you kill someone thats ok as long as you tell where the body is???? and just because they tell the truth about where the body is, dose this mean there not a danger any longer.
Now come on people this man has been in for 41 years, he was not the only one at the murders. At the age of 67 he is not a danger to anyone.
And I beleave the gov. needs to leave thing alone, the only thing he is thinking about is his job and what all his buddys in the show bes r going to think about him.

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by wade49 October 22, 2011 11:52 PM EDT: Sonny and Sherri, it is amazing that so many people in this country have such a lack of appreciation for the value of human life. I would probably venture to guess that niether of you have been a victim of murder ie: one of your family members being murdered. I have been through that nightmare in October 1987 someone took it upon himself to put a bullet through my sister's brain. I know the shock, I felt the chill of death on that cold morning when I went to the courthouse to attend the arraignment hearing which would begin a long painful series of hearings and trials and sentencings to punish three very dangerous young men who killed three people. And when my sister's killer was found guilty, he added insult to injury by turning around a laughing at us. All of the Manson killers and my sister's killer should not be in prison. No, not prison, but they all should have been executed and dispatched from the face of the earth. Now before you critisize me for saying that, just wait until your sister, or father, or whomever dies in a pool of blood by the hands of a hatefilled monster. And you will cry for justice too. Not the kind of justice that provides three hots and a cot free of charge for 40 years and then a release, but the kind of justice that requires a life for a life. If Bruce Davis were to be paroled, would Gary Hinman or Shorty Shea resurrect from the dead? They would still be dead, but Bruce Davis would have the remainder of his life back. That would be a travisty; just as it would if my sister's killer were to be paroled someday. We have handed down life sentences for decades now, and they have proven not to be an adequate deterrent to crime, and now you say let them out of prison? But what happened to punishment? Are we going to let people out of prison because we don't think they can kill anyone else? Like I said, what happened to punishment?

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