Murderous Manson

America’s symbol of the worst evil criminal for decades is dead. He served 46 years of a life sentence for 1^st   Degree murder and was denied parole 12 times. Now he is dead in prison at the age of 83. He is Charles Manson who was known as the most brutal murderer for decades. He had a cult of devoted followers who lived together as a family who he influenced to kill for him.

In August of 1969 Manson directed his followers to brutally murder seven people over two nights in Los Angeles.  Actress Sharon Tate who was seven months pregnant was one of the victims. Manson said,” I haven’t told anyone to do anything other than what they wanted to do.” Manson described himself as a convict and a rebel. He said, “I’m not a Sunday school teacher.” He was the reason we were all grateful of a prison system. No one wanted him on the streets. He had a Nazi symbol tattooed to his face because he was proud that people compared him to Hitler because both men had the ability to convince people to follow them and then ultimately commit murder. He was proud of that kind of power over people.

Dianne Lake was a Manson follower who was only 14 when she joined the Manson group. He was 40 years old and was having sex with her within hours of meeting her. She thought he loved her. After years, he began anal sex with her and then she changed her mind and felt raped continuously. By then, she wanted to commit suicide. By them Manson was becoming increasingly violent. She wasn’t involved in the murder spree but the members who committed the murders told her the grizzly details afterwards.

They were bragging about the murders. Manson and his followers were initially sentenced to death in 1971. The California Supreme Court abolished the death penalty only a year later so then their sentence was changed to life in prison. Family members of the deceased wanted the death penalty because it “would have been a sigh of relief” knowing they could never be free again due to a possible parole. Five of the murders are still behind bars but all five are eligible for parole now.

The sister of Sharon Tate describes her life as a life sentence too not knowing when these murderer’s might be set free. Now that Charles Manson is dead, there is some relief in her life. Sharon Tate’s sister Deborah said, “These are individuals that are still brutal monsters capable of committing heinous crimes. I feel that it is very important that they stay in prison till they die too. ”

If Manson’s followers were convicted today there would be no possibility for parole because more changes were made to the law in the 1970’s. Because they were convicted in the 60’s all of his followers would still be eligible for parole. Hopefully they will be instantly rejected like Manson was rejected for his pleas for parole 12 times in the past.