I thought Susan would have passed away by now. Here is a link to, and a quote from, a pro-parole-Susan site:

http://www.susanatkins.org/2-2009Parole.html

On May 28th, 2009, the California Parole Board will hold Susan’s 18th parole suitability hearing. Under California law the Parole Board must find Susan suitable for parole unless they determine her release would constitute a danger to society. Though Susan has the longest and most impressive prison record in California history, documented as helping to save several lives in just the first couple years she was in prison, never associated with drugs or violence in the nearly 40 years she has been incarcerated, has participated in nearly every conceivable community betterment program offered in the last 4 decades, and is now paralyzed over 85% of her body, can not sit up in bed, and can not even be moved into a wheelchair, there is still a very real chance the Parole Board will none the less insist her release would be a danger to society. This makes a farce our of our justice system, where the State only follows the law when it wants to.