Conviction of the Manson Family
January 25, 1971 - Conviction of Charles Manson and His Followers
Charles Manson remains one of America's most notorious mass murders. Manson was the cult leader and founding father of the "Helter Skelter" prophecy, which forecasted a racial war in America that would end with him rising as the messiah and the Beatles as his angels.
Manson established a base for the group first at Spahn Ranch, near the Topanga Canyon area of Los Angeles, then later in Death Valley. His followers were instructed to murder celebrities in order to gain widespread recognition of his religion, which he proclaimed would be more famous than the Beatles. Manson instructed his disciples to murder everyone at the home of actress Sharon Tate in 1969 to try and achieve this goal.
On January 25, 1971 Manson and four of his followers were found guilty of the murders and later sentenced to death. The death sentences would be changed to life imprisonment in February 1972 when California's capital punishment would be abolished by the state's Supreme Court. Three other members of Manson's "Family" would later be convicted for the murders in separate trials.
Quote for ToDay:
"Oh wad some power the giftie gie us / To see oursels as others see us!" -- Robert Burns from Auld Lang Syne.
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