◆ SpookStack

$] FD-350 (Rev. 7-16-63) « * With Susan Atkins BY JOHN KENDALL Times Staff Writer The attorney for convicted mur- ' deress: Susan Atkins charged Mon- day 'that-parties-to an agreement for ° the young woman's testimony about the Tate-La,-Bianca murders: ‘com | ' spired to take her lifé," Daye Shinn claimed in final. ar- giiments in the penalty phase of the Tate-La, Bianca murder, tial, that ' the Los Angeles:, County ‘district at- torfféy's office "had no intention" of | keeping.the agreement. ‘The deal; worked out. at a Dee. 4, 1969, meetitig in the: office of former Dist, Atty:;'Evelle J. Younger, pro- vided that the prosecution would not seék’ the death penalty for the 22. year-old Miss Atkins if she testified truthfully ‘to the grand jury. Miss Atkins testified, implicating Charles Manson and codefendants ‘Patricia Krenwinkel, 23, and Leslie Van: Houten, 21, but later repudiated her story: She said she had lied altention, 10N, All of of those. who attended.the Deg, 4 meetifig testified in the current penalty: hearing. They are Younger, Dep. Dist. Attys. Vincent T. Bugliost and Aaron Stovitz.and Miss Atkins! former attorney, Richard. Caballero, and his associate, Paul ‘Caruso. Younger, now state: attorney. ge- meral, testified that. he recalled say- ing that "Sadie" Atkins must tell, grand jurors: "the ‘truth, the whole truth. and nothing: but, the truth" and, that the. district attorney's of-: fice would. be, the. final atbiter of ell she. had lived. up: to. her' —— Bialiosi testified that'the prosécu- tion. decided to séek death for Miss. Atkins, ‘because ‘she had ‘not. been 0. truthful" ‘in her testimony. the’young woman told grand jur- that, Manson, ha “had. eed the: about Manson to grand jurorsto-gef; On the witnes’—stand, however, she tried: to clear F 7 awyer Claims DA™ /Manson. and said that she and others were on LSD trips those. two nights. Shinn. charged ‘that at- save Susan Atkins' story of the murders.so that Ca- ‘ballero and: Caruso could “peddle it." He ‘said an agreement had” been, drawn up for its sale but no contract was drafted covering the deal for her life. ; “It's up to you to decide whether she lived up to | her agreement, "“ the attor- ney ‘told jurors. Bugliosi objected and Superior Judge Charles *H. , Older admonished jurors to | disregard the statement. Manson's attorney, Irv- ing A. Kanarek, ended two full. days of argument on his client's behalf-Monday, He reiterated. arguments that the 36-year-old defen- i dant is the victim of poli- |tics, publicity and the de- ‘gire to. make money. 1 "All we're. asking is: that Mr: Manson be allowed to ‘live in lifetime custody," Kanarek said. "Is that too much to.ask?" « _ Older advised jurors to bring their. personal ar- _ticles today’ in the event they receive the case, They will be sequestered when, they ‘begin deliber- ating on life or death for the four defendants. The jury was th ‘onecmimiber discussions (Mount Clipping in Space Below) (Indicate page, name of newspaper, city and state.) II-1 Los Angeles Time Los Angeles, Calif, Date: 3/23/71 Edition: Tuesday Final Author: Editor: Title: Character: or Classification: Submitting Office: Log Angeles (_] Being Investigated SEARCHED, INDEXED SERIALIZED, FILED. jAIAR 2 2 3 a7 FBI — LOS ANGELES