institutionalized, he was in a reform school. there were many places where he could have gotten the help that might have changed his life for the better. but until he was accused of committing murder, nobody really cared. over the next 20 years, charles manson bounces in and out of reform schools and jails, committing dozens of crimes, including car theft and pimping. by the age of 32, he was paroling from his sixth prison. when he got out in march of 1967, he was 32 years of age. 17 out of those 32 years had been spent in jails, reformatories and prisons. so he was totally institutionalized. and he told me in one of our conversations that he did not want to be set free in march of 1967. he said, this is my home, the only home i ever had. i don t want to be set free. but they let him go and as many as 35 people might be in their
reform school. there were many places where he could have gotten the help that might have changed his life for the better. but until he was accused of committing murder, nobody really cared. over the next 20 years, charles manson bounces in and out of reform schools and jails, committing dozens of crimes, including car theft and pimping. by the age of 32, he was paroling from his sixth prison. when he got out in march of 1967, he was 32 years of age. 17 out of those 32 years had been spent in jails, reformatories and prisons. so he was totally institutionalized. and he told me in one of our conversations that he did not want to be set free in march of 1967. he said, this is my home, the only home i ever had. i don t want to be set free. but they let him go and as many as 35 people might be in their graves today because of it.
stress syndrome. we understand he may have lost a lot of weight. our concern, for him to do this when he s got a couple of professionals working as hard as we were for his benefit, to handle it that way suggests he may not be in complete control of what s going on. we re concerned for his emotional and physical safety. that was hal uhrig. zimmerman for his part has said nothing on his website, which he did update today, writing, i m attempting to respond to each and every one of my supporters personally. the support has been overwhelming in volume and strength. joining us are attorneys hal uhrig and craig sonner. why did you decide to speak so publicly about this today? a couple of reasons. first of all, we want to make it absolutely clear we re professionals. we have ethical requirements. we ve been asked by mr. zimmerman to represent him. we ve been in constant communication with him, even while we were in new york this past weekend. suddenly on sunday, he went quiet
cared. over the next 20 years, charles manson bounces in and out of reform schools and jails, committing dozens of crimes, including car theft and pimping. by the age of 32, he was paroling from his sixth prison. when he got out in march of 1967, he was 32 years of age. 17 out of those 32 years had been spent in jails, reformatories and prisons. so he was totally institutionalized. and he told me in one of our conversations that he did not want to be set free in march of 1967. he said, this is my home, the only home i ever had. i don t want to be set free. but they let him go and as many as 35 people might be in their graves today because of it. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now.