CORCORAN, Calif. – A prison panel denied parole Wednesday to mass murderer Charles Manson in his 12th and probably final bid for freedom.

Manson, now a gray-bearded, 77-year-old, did not attend the hearing where the parole board ruled he had shown no efforts to rehabilitate himself and would not be eligible for parole for another 15 years.

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A series of photographs shows Charles Manson from 1969 up to the most recently released photo in 2011. At 77, he faces at least another 15 years in prison. The Associated Press

“This panel can find nothing good as far as suitability factors go,” said John Peck, a member of the panel that met at Corcoran State Prison.

Also playing heavily into the board’s decision was something Manson said recently to one of his prison psychologists that Peck read aloud: “ ‘I’m special. I’m not like the average inmate. I have spent my life in prison. I have put five people in the grave. I am a very dangerous man.’ “

Peck then spoke for the record directly to Manson, who will receive a transcription of the proceedings: “This panel agrees with that statement.”

The panel deliberated for 20 minutes before making its decision.

Manson and his followers were convicted in the 1969 slaying of actress Sharon Tate and four others.

“I’m done with him,” Debra Tate, the sister of the actress, said after the hearing.

“Two down, six to go,” she added, referring to the death in prison of Manson follower Susan Atkins and the remaining six people in prison for murders and other crimes committed under Manson’s watch.

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