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At one point, as many as three individuals — including Manson’s grandson, Jason Freeman; Manson’s son, Michael Brunner; and a prison pen pal of Manson’s, Michael Channel — were attempting to take possession of Manson’s body, CNN reported.
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
While serving a 23-years-to-life sentence in the Nov. 9, 1996 murder of Floyd Berkley, 22, in Schenectady and the non-fatal shooting 18-year-old Franklin Hemingway in New York City, Davis was looking for love on a prisoner pen pal website.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
She was introduced to the case after a friend who worked at an organization that opposed the death penalty encouraged her to volunteer as a pen pal for an inmate on death row, according to The New Yorker.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Mary Lou has also been pen pals with Margaret for decades, with the pair exchanging letters a couple of times a year.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
While serving a 23-years-to-life sentence in the Nov. 9, 1996 murder of Floyd Berkley, 22, in Schenectady and the non-fatal shooting 18-year-old Franklin Hemingway in New York City, Davis was looking for love on a prisoner pen pal website.
—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 Feb. 2025
She was introduced to the case after a friend who worked at an organization that opposed the death penalty encouraged her to volunteer as a pen pal for an inmate on death row, according to The New Yorker.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
Mary Lou has also been pen pals with Margaret for decades, with the pair exchanging letters a couple of times a year.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pen pal
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“Pen pal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pen%20pal. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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