Bonnie, she says she has changed her attitude. Of course, we can't be sure that she is telling the truth. Yet how great is the likelihood that she is lying? We will not diminish ourselves by giving water to a dying person, who claims to be thirsty, however wicked the deeds of that person. She has suffered retribution now for nearly forty years. Now she is begging for mercy. The young Susan Atkins and the other "Family" members failed to show that sort of compassion so hideously back in 1969.
I like to think we are not like them. There could be no better illustration of the difference than for us to now show her mercy.