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Marshall Evans
English 101
April 7, 2018
The Charles Manson trials
When it come to the Manson trial and how it played out I thank that justice was served. The Manson murders presented the Los Angeles Police Department and sheriff's department with an incredibly complicated investigation: multiple crime scenes with multiple victims, plus multiple and different perpetrators at each scene. Initially, separate teams were investigating the Tate and LaBianca murders, and the idea that they were connected was ignored. If not for a bit of luck and the fact that the family had committed numerous other crimes, Manson and his followers may have evaded capture much longer.
A week after the murders, police raided Spahn Ranch, but not because
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Carving an X into the middle of his forehead and claiming he was "X’d out of this world." (He later had it altered to become a swastika). Family members arriving in court with their foreheads X’d. the next day Manson and his family members shaving their heads Manson lunging toward Judge. Older with a pencil while screaming threats Manson speaking directly to spectators in the court. Manson's followers chanting, singing and mimicking his …show more content…
Atkins was then sworn as a witness, but her attorney, Daye Shinn, refused to question her. Returning to chambers, one defense attorney complained that questioning their clients on the stand would be like "aiding and abetting a suicide." Bugliosi's powerful summation described Charles Manson as "the Mephistophelean guru" who "sent out from the fires of hell at Spahn Ranch three heartless, bloodthirsty robots and--unfortunately for him--one human being, the little hippie girl Linda Kasabian. The next day came another surprise. Charles Manson announced that he, too, wished to testify-- before his co-defendants did. He testified first without the jury being present, so that potentially excludable testimony relating to evidence incriminating co-defendants might be identified before it prejudiced the jury. His over one-hour of testimony, full of digressions, fascinated observers.
" Bugliosi ended his summation with "a roll call of the dead": "Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, Sharon Tate...Abigail Folger...Voytek Frykowski...Jay Sebring...Steven Parent...Leno LaBianca...Rosemary LaBianca...are not here with us in this courtroom, but from their graves they cry out for