Charles Manson

Ogiginal Post Date: 8-11-09

Overview:

Charles Milles Manson is an American criminal who led what became known as the Manson Family, a quasi-commune that arose in California in the late 1960s. He was convicted of conspiracy to commit the Tate/LaBianca murders, carried out by members of the group at his instruction. He was found guilty of the murders themselves through the joint-responsibility rule, which makes each member of a conspiracy guilty of crimes his fellow conspirators commit in furtherance of the conspiracy's object.

Manson's death sentence was automatically reduced to life imprisonment when a 1972 decision by the Supreme Court of California temporarily eliminated the state's death penalty. source: Wikipedia

Brackets "[ ]" indicate where the reversal occurs. Click on the MP3 to hear the reversal.

Geraldo Rivera 5-9-88

...I got a different way of doing everything. I got my own way. You know. Doe[s that make me bad]?

I believe this.

 ...If you didn't fight, you got taken away and [your stuff was taken away].

Everyone has to hurt you.

...Or the devil yeah, you could use the word devil, [or demons, or whatever you wan]t to call it.

Now you've met a person of evil.

Geraldo: People are saying you are the devil here.

[Ok. I'll be the devil then].

I have a right to be pliable.

[Do you think I would still be here] if I was guilty of anything?

I hear voice. So I guilty.

Yeah you [see what I'm saying. In other words], the guy you're trying to make me into is impossible.

Showing they're assholes.

[What you’re doing is you]'re creating a legend. You're creating a beast. You're creating whatever you are judging yourselves with into the word "Manson". And that's not me at all.

We can always get stoned.