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US mass murderer Charles Manson 'seriously ill' after being transferred to hospital from prison

The 82-year-old has been in prison for more than four decades after the 1969 killings.

US MASS MURDERER Charles Manson is “seriously ill” in hospital after being transferred from prison for an undisclosed medical condition.

The 82-year-old was moved from Corcoran State Prison in Kings County, California, to a hospital 60 miles (100 kilometres) to the south in Bakersfield, according to celebrity news site TMZ.

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A state corrections official refused to comment on the reports and would confirm only that Manson had not died, but the Los Angeles Times cited an unnamed source who said Manson was “seriously ill,” without elaborating.

Manson headed an apocalyptic cult that committed murders in upscale, mostly white neighborhoods of Los Angeles in order to blame the crimes on African Americans, in the hope of sparking what he termed a ‘Helter Skelter’ race war.

He has been in prison for more than four decades after the 1969 killings, which included the brutal murder of director Roman Polanski’s actress wife, Sharon Tate, who was heavily pregnant.

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He was sentenced to death in 1969 along with four of his ‘Manson Family’ disciples for having led the killing of seven people, but their sentences were later commuted to life in prison.

Manson, who was not actually present but ordered the killings, applied for parole in 2012 but was denied release and is not eligible to apply again until 2027.

He was granted permission in 2014 to wed then 26-year-old Afton Elaine Burton, described in US media as a slender brunette, who had been visiting him in prison.

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But the 90-day license expired without the ceremony going ahead.

He was married twice before he was jailed, first to Rosalie Jean Willis from 1955 to 1958, and later to Candy Stevens between 1959 and 1963.

© – AFP 2017

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    Mute Karen NíDhochartaigh
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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:41 AM

    Am I the only one that thinks this was over dramatised. The students could still answer the question. So what that there was 3 possible correct answers… It just means that you still had to know what you were doing(and isn’t that what the exam is for)to get a right answer.
    In my opinion they make the maths papers easier every year and still complain about how many fail. I never got bonus points for siting the honors paper and without a caculator to boot. We need to overhall our methods of teaching then we can worry about the exams.

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    Mute Elisabeth Butler
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:54 AM

    You cannot overhaul methods of teaching with the current exam in place, I dare say if the exam were different so would the teaching.

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    Mute Elisabeth Butler
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:52 AM

    Wow, he’s really on the ball! That only took him, what….10 days?

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    Mute Jim Lenihan
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    Jun 21st 2013, 1:32 PM

    this happens year after year start at the top wipe the lot out including mr quin. put in a team that have passed their leaving cert who can check their qus… befour they send out

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    Mute bacoxy
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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:52 AM

    Here’s a maths problem… John works in an overspending overemployed and over unionised public service sector job that oversees the production of state exam papers. There were a number of errors in the final papers handed to students and the minister in charge wants to investigate what went wrong and how it could happen. Questions: A) How many public service sector workers will it take to investigate what happened? B) How many will actually be used? C)How much extra money will it cost to discover the causes and produce a report for the minister?

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    Mute David O Brien
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:11 AM

    Let’s scape goat some poor official trying his/her best.
    The minister is responsible – why ? See below

    Paper One / Higher Level (EV) English
    Paper One / Higher Level (IV) Irish
    Paper One: Project Maths / Higher (EV)
    Paper One: Project Maths / Higher (IV)
    Paper One / Foundation Level (EV)
    Paper One / Foundation Level (IV)
    Paper One: Project Maths/F’dation (EV)
    Paper One: Project Maths /F’dation (IV)
    Paper One / Ordinary Level (EV)
    Paper One / Ordinary Level (IV)
    Paper One: Project Maths / Ordinary
    Paper One: Project Maths / Ordinary(IV)
    Paper Two: Project Maths / Higher (EV)
    Paper Two: Project Maths / Higher (IV)
    Paper Two / Foundation Level (EV)
    Paper Two / Foundation Level (IV)
    Paper Two: Project Maths /F’dation(EV)
    Paper Two: Project Maths / F’dation(IV)
    Paper Two / Ordinary Level (EV)
    Paper Two / Ordinary Level (IV)
    Paper Two: Project Maths/Ordinary(EV)
    Paper Two: Project Maths / Ordinary(IV)
    CONFUSED YET?

    Now add massive cuts in funding in education.
    Add political ideology to the mix and business lead education agenda.

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    Mute WanderArch
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:37 AM

    I’ve no idea what your point is?

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    Mute Carcu Sidub
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    Jun 21st 2013, 9:40 AM

    Wander

    Neither does the Minister, the Department or the State Examinations Commission. Thats why the whole thing is a mess.

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    Mute Warren Collier
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    Jun 21st 2013, 9:48 AM

    How long did it take to type that?

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    Mute Colin C
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    Jun 21st 2013, 2:28 PM

    And how long would it take two men with two shovels to type that twice?

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    Mute Clifford Brennan
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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:58 AM

    Investigation will cost 10million, take 3 years and not have any discernible outcome.

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    Mute Michael G O'Reilly
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    Jun 21st 2013, 9:35 AM

    Don’t see what the fuss is about ! If there were possibly three right answers then all three should be marked as correct ! Also isnt how a student approached a problem more important than a correct answer. M xx

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    Mute rodrigo detriano
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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:37 AM

    I’d imagine that whoever set the question will be fired.

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    Mute John Campbell
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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:41 AM

    Not if they can give a correct reason three times!!

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    Mute Begrudgy
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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:45 AM

    Won’t be fired if they are in the Union. Probably will be moved and retrained in setting English exam questions. First though they need at least 6 months off on sick leave due to stress.

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    Jun 21st 2013, 7:56 AM

    You must be joking Roderigo. They are civil servants. Incompetence is a pre requisite.

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    Mute Peter Gavin
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:00 AM

    You can’t fire a public servant no matter how bad they are at their job. They will probably get a promotion as a way to move them from the role of setting exam papers without upsetting the union

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    Mute rodrigo detriano
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:08 AM

    Simon. Yes I actually was joking. Maybe a pay cut would be more appropriate!

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    Mute WanderArch
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:32 AM

    “You can’t fire a public servant no matter how bad they are at their job”.
    Yes you can. Ask any doctor or nurse.
    Make other public servants legally responsible for their actions. You’d solve a lotta problems very quickly.

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    Mute Peter Daly
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    Jun 21st 2013, 8:52 AM

    Like Quinn himself …. a mistake.
    Like Gilmore …..another mistake.
    Like Howlin…..yet another mistake !
    Sack them too .
    Shatter ……big mistake.
    Hogan……..big mistake.
    Reilly ………big mistake.
    Yet nobody taking responsibility for any of those mistakes !

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    Mute eric nelligan
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    Jun 21st 2013, 9:32 AM

    Rodigo, the exam was not set wrong, the mistake was made in the production/typing of the paper. As I’m sure you are aware the mistake was on the English version but the Irish version was correct.

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    Mute Carcu Sidub
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    Jun 21st 2013, 9:43 AM

    Peter

    Imagine how much better Ireland would be if condoms had been available when those mistakes were being made!

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    Mute Cian Byrne
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    Jun 21st 2013, 1:35 PM

    How ironic that I managed to do better in applied maths than maths! thats project maths for ya!

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    Mute beansy
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    Jun 21st 2013, 9:15 AM

    Poor public servants + terrible minister = examination cock ups.

    Now that’s math!!

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    Mute Gary.
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    Jun 21st 2013, 2:28 PM

    Poor private sector = massive recession. That beats a simple typo on an exam paper any day. :)

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    Mute Eamonn O' Neill
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    Jun 22nd 2013, 12:28 PM

    Questions were asked that aren’t on the new course!? There is so much confusion over what students actually need to know walking into their project maths exam. There’s all this stuff about different ‘phases’ of new course and the different textbooks and extra material not in the books make it impossible to follow. It seems the people writing the papers don’t really know what’s on the course either.

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    Mute Harry Price
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    Jun 21st 2013, 12:01 PM

    3 billion cant add yet gets the big job . Leaving cert mistake or down right count care less or are they looking for the big job

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