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[–]3MistersAndAMissy 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Manson never actually killed anyone, nor was he present at any of the murders.

In fact, he never directly ordered any of the particular murders.

He did however preach about the need to commit murder to get the wheels rolling on ‘helter skelter’. The prosecution had to prove it was his dangerous ideology and skill at brainwashing that caused the members to commit murder.

It was fairly challenging to get the conviction. Of course I’m glad they did but if he had had a better lawyer he likely could have gotten off.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Manson?wprov=sfti1