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Charles Manson — Part 4

551 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Aug 13, 1969 · Broad topic: Cults & Extremism · Topic: Charles Manson · 551 pages OCR'd
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which_are usually consi- ' Once again tha names of dered fo be detefrertefe-|. the victims sounded in the habilitation and protection of the public. "It. is) also fashionable these days not to mention the fourth, which I think algo is a legitimate ele-| ment, and that is retribu- tion—not, an eye for an eye, but. punishment for acts voluntarily and’ de- liberately engaged in which are contrary to our law." . Older said it is important that any sentence or pun- ishment dealt out by the court represent the com- munity’s emphatic denun- ciation of the crime and demonstrate the commu- nity's revulsion for the conduct engaged in. "In this case it is my considered judgment that not. only is the death. pen- alty appropriate, but. it is almost compelled by the circumstances." One of prosecutor Vin- cent. T. Bugliosi's points in: ! argument and in brief re-. ‘marks Monday was that No case deserves the death penalty if the Tate-La Bi- ,anca case doesn't. ° ‘ "J must agree with the ' prosecutor on the point: where he asks the question, | ‘If this is not a. proper case for the death penalty, iwhat could be?" Older ; said. \ Victims Named Starting with Manson, Older read the case history arid sentence for each of courtroom: Abigail Folger, Voityck Frykowski, Step- hen. Parent, Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Leno La Bi- anca and Rosemary La Bi- anca, Older ordered Manson to San Quentin and the three women to the California Institution for Women at Frontera, near Corona. If the State Supreme Court upholds the guilt and penalty verdicts on automatic review, the trial court -will then set a date for execution. "Sadie," "Katie," and Leslie then would join Manson at. San Quentin to await death in the gas chamber. Prospects are that their execution date—if it ever comes —, will he_years away 94“others ‘under - of death in California, may depend on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case testing procedures for im- posing the death penalty. Afier Older remanded the defendants into the sheriff's custody, Leslie Van Houten waved her fingers at Manson and smiled weakly as they were led toward opposite doors. Manson -will see "Sadie" Atkins in court again to-| Four of the jurors, Mrs. |. day when they appear be-|Jean Roseland, Afilee Sis- fore Superior Judge Ray-}to, William 'T. McBride mond Choate in the Gary!and Alva K. Dawson, an- Hinman-"Shorty" Sheaiswered subpoenas and the defendants. He beganj murder case. with the Los Angeles County Grand Jury indict- ment. on Dec. 8, 1969, for the seven muysere,ithe previous August. 5 But, the other two wo- men will be taken to 7-by- 9 foot quarters in a Six- r . --. Mon access to a corridor Their eventual fate, like | outside their cells if they agm_inaximum, security Tate's body was..missing unit prepared for them at and thé Clerk had said it (Yrontera~ | | Was ast in the jaar He suggested a. juro. mignt fave committed al: — 3 Prison Tightened ‘ The state spent about felony 1$8,000 to install heavy Idoors in a wing of the in-| | | Stitution, put. stronger | bars on windows and :doors, heighten a wire fence: around a. small exer- ue yard, install air condi- | tioning equipment. and ; : “hire six women to watch) la''$300,000 deat fer see : e condemned women ‘stories proposed ne around the clock. Larry D. Sheely Y juror | Each occupied cell will!} i. ‘have a window, ldoking|/,, Bugiiosi pointed out that out at the pastureland and|/the defense attempts to haystacks of the ruraf|2™Peach the jury's ver- countryside. It will con-|/Gicts had not been sup- t let, sink, table able, eg by affidavits from | chair, cot and small televi- J4'Q°S 88 required.by tay, pier ceee set Saas THE prdsecutor ‘s aid. ' Mrs. Iverne Carter, su-| {hgte was no question that ° perintendent of the. Cali-|? een an “exempla- fornia Institution for Wo»| 7’ Jary" and urged the men, said the three wo-| COUtt not to "destroy those | men will be allowed com-| /V@Fdicts" by letting the de. fense engage in a. "fishing expedition, behave properly. | Outside the court, after Four women now are| Older had refused to let under death sentence in||the defense question the | California, the same as the|durors, McBride denied a | total executed by the state|/charge that the verdicts | since 1893, The last wo-|(had been based on prejudi- | man executed was Jli.|\cial publicity. . zabeth Ann Duncan, at} "Our decision was based San Quentin on Aug. 8,|;Solely on the evidence and 1962, the instruction 1a! othe In moving for a'‘new tri- Ups and that's it,” he7 al, the four defense attor- S2 ee neys joined in a request) that jurors be examined about their deliberations: diam M. Zamora had charged that jurors had {been promiscuous while they were sequestered. The attorney asked whe- ther the jurors’ minds were in court. Marison's attorney, Irv- ing A. Kanarek, said a-co- Jor photograph of Sharon
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