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~~ and all post-trial motions, . and de- Inied a request by. Manson's attorney,|;—these young girls, the rving A. Kanarek, to ‘impose a gag rule on ‘the jury. ‘Then he tuned to he jurors. The ‘judge said the people of Cali- fornia ‘owed them a debt of gratitude." my knowledge," he said; "nol: jury iit history has been. sequestered], for so.long a ‘period or subjected to) such an: ordeal,” Older said. He-praised their devotion “above: and beyond the- call. of duty," thanked them on'the people's behalf, and said if it was within his power he would:award' each of them a."me- ‘dal of honor.” Thanks Them. Individually Before he dismissed them, Older told ‘the-jurors, he wanted to thank them, individually, While the crowded the judge shook hands with. cach, of the ‘12 regular jurors and threé alternates, .smiling and calling them by name. ‘Older left the courtroom, the jur- ors followed andthe T: ‘ateLa Bianca murder trial, begun June 15, 1970, ended March 29, i971, was. over, Dep. Dist. Atty: Vincent T.. Bugli- osi, speaking: for coprosecutors: Step- Kay and Donald. A: Musich, joined in Older's ‘praise of the jury as Conscientious people “deserving:a: pat'on the back." Mf the death penalty is to meati anything in California other than two empty words, this: unquestion-|, ably was'a proper case for it," Bugii- "Such cohduct, cannot go v To hen R. watched, ogi said. unpunished" Paul Fitzgerald, the, attorney: who \had' acted in effect as chief counsét for the defendants’ “winbrella" de-|la fense, accused the jury of "perpe-|/Ta tuating the very crime the sane to-eradicate.”’ cad set. April 19 for s " “T-d6n't know how’ their Se 4their., foreheads, received veTICtS can help~uniyorle He said there i is "no: jus country or the communi- ty," he ‘said. Outside, five of "Char: lies girls," their heads freshly shaved, the Man- ‘son ."X" scarring some of he can get back "into ‘the: business’ of living.” attendance in the court- rossHete said: ae didi it Beanie: jurors iget-wrapped up in the del rendants. My main. pur. pose was'to let’ them know that someone ¢ared. for Sharon Tate. And to. let Manson, and those ‘three ‘the: news of the jury's ver- ‘dicts+as they sat, on the sidewalk, at. Temple St. and Broadway. | Téars welled: in the eyes of one. family member, when: a television reporter announced that death ap- peared. to be the verdict. Harlier, Manson follower Sandra Good, 26, had sug- gested they might burni themselves alive to de- imonstrate that Manson "is innocent." "Death?" she. said after; learning. the penalty. "Thatis. whats you're all going to get." _ Still Justice! At, his Palos ‘Verdes: Hstates, home, actress Sha- ron Tate's father, Col. Paul J, Tate, 48,.a, retired Army intelligence officer, commented, "There's still For the ‘moment, "Man's game," as: Manson. liked to call it, is over for, Charlie and..his “girls.” But hardly anyone is likely to'think that: the le- gal system has neatly and finally ‘disposed of the Tate-La Bianca defen- costing about $915,172.. As it does. in all capital cases, the State. Supreme ‘Court’ must réview the verdicts, a process which could take: more than two lyears. .Asidé, from. that, 8.0 ie times tanita hearing. The defense is “walictay disposit Jon “Of: which ‘coul aS bilation" and "no sense of satisfaction" but ‘that now ‘Commenting: on. his early. { about. filing’ appeals, the. n, there Is. the. com- bined any Hirnes-Benaid (Shorty) Shea indictinent, charging’Manson, Miss Ate kins and. Manson ‘follow-. ers, Bruce Davis:and Steve Grogan, with mititder. _ Watson's Trial Charles. (Tex) Watson,’ ‘24, one of those. indicted: on. Dee: 8;.1969, for the -sevs, en Tate-La Bianca mur- ‘ders, ‘still must be’tried for his’ part.;in the ‘killings. ’ _ What. remains: is the horror ef mass’ miurder by. killérs. expressing no. re- morse and at least one vi- tal, unanswered. question. What. caused it? Man- ee question, "Why?" til reierts. dants with a lengthy trial,|-