Manson Crime Scene Investigation and Thesis

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This would be true although no evidence at the crime scene would connect Manson physically to the murders. The pronunciation at the crime scenes of his motive and philosophy would provide a clear line leading directly to Manson though. As the courts attempted to gain testimony against him through the young women that he'd brainwashed, the power which he levied over all of his followers became apparent. In one of the many moments of high drama characterizing the case, "the three girls shouted that they wanted to testify. The judge and everyone else was bewildered. The girls had decided that they would testify that they planned and committed the murders themselves and that Charlie had nothing to do with it." (Bardsley, 1)

Though all evidence was to the contrary, the relative failures of collecting sufficient evidence at the gruesome crime scenes would make this conviction far more difficult than perhaps it should have been. Moreover, the trial itself had become a circus, with Manson's bizarre and dangerous cult of followers showing support by coming to the trial, protesting his captivity and displaying the ardent disconnect from social order that would help to stimulate their crimes.
Though he would ultimately be convicted and spend life in prison, Manson would leave a legacy of grisly malevolence that is largely identified with the crime scenes that have served as a window into his mind.

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