together, we re building a better california. san francisco, 1967. free love, free drugs, dream living for hippies escaping the main stream. but 32-year-old charles manson arrived with much darker ambitions. you get these kids, these children coming into haight-ashbury and here is charlie manson saying how much he loves them and wants to take care of them. it was made to order for them and he took full advantage.
conviction of charles manson and his three co-defendants. this case received more publicity than any other trial in american history. he died in june, 2015, gave one of his last interviews to cnn. before the trial, i said charlie, i m going to convict you. after you get a fair trial. but convicting manson would not be easy. unlike patricia krenwinkel, susan atkins and leslie van houten, he was not even in the homes when the murders happened. i let it be known that he had ordered and masterminded these murders. manson told his followers this would be a blood bath in the streets of every american city. he was the dictatorial ruler of the family, the king, and the members of the family were slavishly obedient to him. i fell in love with him but he is very brilliant.
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i fell in love with him but he is very brilliant. from the start of opening statements on july 24th, 1970, the trial seemed as much about spectacle as justice. the first day of the trial, charlie takes control. and he comes in and he has cut anxbetween his eyes and on the bridge of his nose because society has x d us out. we don t count. a couple days later, he put the prongs on it and it is a swastika. so the girl show up with crosses on their heads. the reporter was at the courthouse every day. charlie started to lead them. when charlie objected to something, the girls would jump up and object. they would sing periodically.
i fell in love with him continuously. but he is very brilliant. from the start of opening statements on july 24th, 1970, the trial seemed as much about spectacle as justice. the first day of the trial, charlie takes control. and he comes in and he has cut an x between his eyes and between the bridge and the tip of his nose because society has x d us out. we don t count. a couple days later, he put the prongs on it and it is a swastika. so all of a sudden, the girls showed up the next day with crosses cut in their foreheads. total chaos. the reporter was at the courthouse every day. charlie started to lead them. when charlie objected to something, the girls would jump up and object. they would sing periodically.