...During the 1960's our nation had hoped and proclaimed peace; however, that soon changed with people acting out like Charles Manson which became a conflict in many areas. Many events going on, such as, war, inequality, racism, drugs, religious beliefs, and criminal activities that sent shock waves all over the world, because of the violence resulting from it. Where there was once hope and innocence in a country, it all changed to a time of anger and violence (Wason). These horrible killings that consisted with around 169 stabs and 7 gunshot wounds by not just one member, but instead four others that were affiliated. These acts were not just committed by one person. Instead, this was a circle of "family" that became a dreadful impact on our society....
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...Argument #2 11/18/2015 Charles Manson Trial Charles Manson is guilty he might not have killed Sharon Tate but he send his cult members. That means that he was involved in the murder. That makes him guilty. Manson had been to many trials from misdemeanors he had. Manson had been charged with many things in the past had been in jail. Many times before he was basically in and out of jail he had been charged of stealing he was charged many disorderly conduct charges. He was the iconic bad boy. Manson had been married twice. He first married in 1955 to Rosalie Willis, after he was released from jail in 1954 for good behavior. They had a son together named Charles Manson Jr. Charles Manson Jr. was born in 1956. Even while married Manson continued making extra money by stealing cars. In April 1956, Manson was again thrown in jail. While Manson being in jail for a year Manson’s wife found someone new and divorced in 1957.After all this happened Manson didn’t stop being bad he kept on getting thrown into jail. He married again to one of his long known prostitutes named Candy Stevens. They married in 1958 after Manson had got released from jail. They had a baby together named Charles Luther Manson. But again for this one Manson was again arrested on June 1, 1960. His wife soon divorced him after that. This time Manson was thrown in jail for a total of 6 years. He was convicted of robbing money from people and stealing cars and selling them. In 1967 Manson was released from jail and...
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...Famous American Trials AndraLeigh Brown Date Due 2/24/14 The Salem Witch Trials The salem witch trials of 1692 were a very dark timw in American history. More than 200 people were accused of witchcraft practice and over 19 people were killed during this chaos. Salem, Massachusetts wasn’t alone in the witch hunt. A wave of trials swept Europe for nearly 300 years. This hysteria first began in January of 1692 when a group of young girls fell ill after playing a fortune telling game. They began behaving strangely. They later came known as the “afflicted girls”. The first of the girls to began experiencing symptoms was Betty Parris, fallowed by Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Mary Lewis. Shortly after Elizabeth Hubbard, Susannah Sheldon, Mary Warren and Elizabeth Booth all started having the same symptoms. In February Samuel Parris called for a doctor to exam the girls. The doctor was unable ti find anything wrong with the girls and suggested they may be bewitched. Two of the girls named the women they thought were bewitching them. These women were Sarah Good, Sarah Osburn and a slave woman named Tituba who worked for the Parris family. On March 1st these three women were arrested and examined. During this Tituba confessed that her and the other two women had been approached by Satan and they all agreed to do his bidding as witches. In April and May more Men and women were accused this...
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...Family Few characters have gripped the eye of the American public as successfully as Charles Manson, and even fewer have ever been as effective as Manson in creating a cult following of eager people. Manson and his “Family” are the crowning achievement of a conservative America, rife with religious passion that merged with the heavy use of addictive drugs such as cocaine and LSD in order to synthesize a cult based on a skewed worldview. I argue that Manson, labeled as a social deviant from a young age, embraced this formal classification and successfully created a message that appealed to dysfunctional and otherwise outcast American youth. Manson and his Family originated in the turbulence of the 1960s, in which violence based on racial lines struck many American cities. Primarily focusing on the conflict between whites and blacks, the outbreak of racial violence in the latter part of the decade convinced Manson that an apocalyptic war between the two races was inevitable. Moreover, Manson believed that the war would end with the whites being defeated temporarily, though he and his Family would arise from their secure base of operations out of Spahn Movie Ranch to reclaim the land from the inferior blacks. Leading twenty followers to the Ranch, most of whom were female, Manson was a charismatic and appealing figure to the drug-driven and racist whites that dominated his cult of personality. Manson himself had “spent most of his 32 years in reformatories and jails by the spring...
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...are not able to choose our parents or where we are raised. But that does not mean you are only subjected to that lifestyle. Charles Miles Manson is one of America’s most notorious murders in American history. His ways to manipulate and inspire his followers in to committing murders without second guessing themselves is like nothing ever seen before. The murderers were members of a group led by Charles Manson called the Manson Family. These people were completely controlled by Manson. He had them convinced that they were the chosen ones and that they were only carrying out the orders of a man they thought was Jesus Christ incarnate. They were willing to risk death and imprisonment to satisfy this man. He was born November 12, 1934 in Cincinnati, Ohio. His mother, Kathleen Maddox was six-teen when she gave birth to him. With her troubles in and out of jail, a young Charles Manson spent most of his adolescent childhood with his aunt and uncle is West Virginia. They were very religious and strict individuals which, was a culture shock to him. Growing up just like his mother, Charles Manson was in and out of boys’ homes and detention centers. At the age of nine-teen he was let go on parole and married a waitress named Rosalie Willis and had their first child by the name of Charles Miles Manson Jr., their marriage did not last. Once he got out he became a pimp and started prostituting a young girl named Leona. They later got married and had his...
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...Skill Level 1 The Amistad Trials A: With the Amistad Trials, there were no names mentioned for the defendants but there were fifty-three black men that were on board the Amistad that had managed to free themselves from their chains. They found a knife in the hold and they used it to take command of the ship and murdered the captain. http://www.hlla.com/reference/lawinamerica.html B: The fifty-three Africans were arrested on charges of murder and piracy, and they were taken and held in the county jail in New Haven, Connecticut. http://www.hlla.com/reference/lawinamerica.html C: The judge stated that the United States did not have jurisdiction over the murder and piracy charges because the offenses occurred in a Spanish ship, sailing in Spanish waters. They only gave this ruling because the Africans didn’t speak English. Once the Africans found an interpreter and told their horrific story to the judge. After that, the judge ruled that the Amistad Africans were "born free and ever since have been and still of right are free and not slaves." The United States attorney filed an immediate appeal, and the case of the Amistad was destined for the United States Supreme Court. http://www.hlla.com/reference/lawinamerica.html Charles Manson Trial A: With the Charles Manson Trails, there were the four defendants of Charles Manson, Patricia Krenwinkel ("Katie"), Leslie Van Houten and Susan Atkins (aka Sadie Mae Glutz) http://www...
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...Born in Ohio in 1934, Charles Manson is notoriously connected to the brutal slayings of actress Sharon Tate and other Hollywood residents, but he was never actually found guilty of committing the murders himself. However, the famous Tate-La Bianca killings have immortalized him as a living embodiment of evil. Images of his staring "mad eyes" are still used today to illustrate countless serial-murder news stories. The Manson Family—including Charles Manson and his young, loyal dropout disciples of murder—is thought to have carried out some 35 killings. Most were never tried, either for lack of evidence or because the perpetrators were already sentenced to life for the Tate/La Bianca killings. In 2012, Manson was denied parole for the 12th time. Charles Manson I believe was not crazy but very clever individual. Manson had a group of people he referred to as his “family” he was a very manipulative man to the people around him. His followers numbering round the one-hundreds, also including a small portion of impressionable young girls. He had them all to believe without question that he was Jesus and his prophecies of a race war. Manson was not only influenced by drugs such as LSD but by art works and music of the time such as The Beatles song “Helter Skelter” from their white album. The first murders took place on August 9, 1969, at Roman Polanski’s Beverley Hills home at 10050 Cielo Drive. Manson chose his four most best comrades- Charles “Tex” Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia...
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...The Notorious Cult Murder Charles Manson Raynette Andre ENC 1101 0B Mr.Newberry Date Due: May 4, 2011 Final Draft Raynette Andre Mr. Newberry ENC 1101 01B 4 May 2011 Charles Manson: The Notorious Cult Murder Charles Manson is a man who is famous for his notorious crimes; though he didn’t partake in them physically he did control others into doing the crimes mentally. Manson is still alive to this day, locked up in a jail cell for the rest of his life. Many people do not understand the significances of his crimes and how he affected hundreds of lives with his theories. He took the steps and controlled his follows by regulating: food intake, drug intake and what news they received from the ‘outside’. I chose this subject because many people do not understand how ill this world can be and how it has been. Hitler has been one of the few who has practiced controlling people with the steps stated above, and he was successful in his planning too. Another person is Bin Laden, who controlled people and they were willing to die for him, he mentally and physically controlled them, which made them believe that what they were doing was okay. I want everyone to be aware of people who do and say such things as Charles Manson does. In this paper I plan to make one understand that what is going on in today’s society has occurred before in the past but in different styles and more exact on who their targets were to be. These are clear signs that...
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...Charles Manson Diana L. French Psychology 552 Instructor Jessica Ryan February 22, 2015 Charles Manson, better known as “Charlie”, “Manson Family Leader” was one of the most famous serial killers of our time. Interestingly he was tried and found guilty of murders that he himself did not commit yet he ordered his “family” to do so. The crimes that Charles was tried for took place in the late 1960’s and to this day Manson is still in prison. The following text will explore Manson’s life, the trial, where he is today and what psychological events were present to lead to this point in Manson’s life. Internal factors from Birth to Early 20’s November 12, 1934 Charles Manson was born in Cincinnati Ohio to Kathleen Maddox. Kathleen during this time was considered a promiscuous teen that drank alcohol and would end up in trouble of one kind or another regularly. Kathleen was briefly married to a man named William Manson who gave Charles his last name. Charles has never known his biological father. To better understand some of Manson’s thinking and behaviors it is helpful to look at some history regarding his mother and her life. This will help to explain how Charles was raised and socialized. Kathleen was...
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...Charles Manson, a seemingly crazy man, was convicted of murder on multiple occasions, a classic American criminal who will go down into history forever. The brutality of his murders, the accomplices he recruited, and the number of people killed make this one of the most well known serial murderer stories in American history. His trial and conviction were more complex than a typical case because others were involved. However, Charles Manson’s life and character led to these crimes, and he was definitely deserving of his guilty verdict and life sentence. Manson was charged with murders, but the case was complicated because he never actually committed the crime; he just convinced others to do it. Manson’s followers committed a total of nine murders...
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...A jury can base their decision on society’s norms instead of precedent setting cases allowing for a more fitted sentencing. Ineffective: Juries may be easily swayed by the arguments made instead of the actual evidence presented in the case. One very important thing that both sides must realise in a trial by jury is that the jury may not understand the legal terms that are being...
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...Insanity defense is a mental disorder people use in criminal trials, saying that they were not in their right mind when they committed that crime. These people argue that, they shouldn’t be charge for a crime they committed, because they didn’t know better. In some cases those who committed crimes weren’t in their right state of mind, but other use this excuse to get out of jail time. A documented history of mental illness should be clearly stated be clearly established in insanity defense. Instead of the person just claiming they are crazy and getting away with the crime. The background of insanity defense McNaughton stated that “if a mad man or a natural fool, or a lunatic in the time of his lunacy do, this is no felonious act for they cannot be said to have any understanding will”. Then came the wild beast case (pbs.com insanity defense background) that started in the late 18th century. This test was used to see if the person who committed the crime was insane at the time, their actions should be of a baby or animal. In 1984 insanity defense Act was created, after the case on Hinckley and Ronald Reagan....
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...Extreme Makeover: Criminal Court Edition This paper is going to discuss and argue points regarding tattoos and the meaning behind the tattoos, which will also disagree with Article titled: Extreme Makeover: Criminal Court Edition, By John Schwartz, and Published in December 5, 2010 in Clearwater, Florida. A Florida judge has agreed with a defense request to have John Ditullio’s tattoos covered up by a makeup artist so that they cannot influence the jury in his murder trial. The court paid $125 a day for the services of a cosmetologist and the process took process 45 minutes. Criminal “John Ditullio goes on trial for murder charges related to a double stabbing that wounded a woman and killed a teenager in 2006. This is Mr. Ditullio’s second trial for the murder; the first, which also involved the services of a cosmetologist, ended last year in a mistrial. If convicted, he could face the death penalty. Jurors will not see the large swastika tattooed on his neck. Or the crude insults tattooed on the other side of his neck, or know about the taunting Christmas card he sent to the victim’s family from prison. Or the fact that he was a Neo-Nazi group member. The judge was wrong to have agreed with defense to cover up John Ditullip‘s tattoos by a hiring maker-up artist, because tattoos have a communicative value, especially the ones with high public visibility (see plot below). According to research performed by Kathleen Doss & Amy S Ebesu Hubbard , tattoos...
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...Crime is as American as credit cards, the NFL, Hollywood, and airbrushed magazine covers. However, crime has been around much longer than America has existed in the eyes of the world. The word crime is a pretty simple word to define. Yet, one crime is not the same as another crime. You cannot define theft the same as you could arson. You could not define assault the same as you could jay walking. There are many crimes that exist in society. These crimes range from almost insignificant to horrible to tragic. The same can be said for a person who breaks the law. It would be hard to call someone arrested for jay walking a criminal in the same context as someone arrested for murder. In life, there are many types of people. There are people who have never broken the law and have never had any sort of dealings with law enforcement. There are people that have broken the law and have had unfortunate dealings with law enforcement, yet those people are not criminals and just made a mistake. Then, you have the people that are true criminals. The true criminals of society are the people that hone their “talents and skills.” The true criminals of society are the ones that scheme elaborate plans to steal millions of dollars, the people that hide in the dark waiting for an innocent person to walk by so the criminal can rob them at gunpoint, the people that enjoy raping women or molesting children, and the people that kill other people out of jealousy, greed, or just plain enjoyment. Criminal...
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...Kevin Reasoner Professor Kraskin English 1101 December 8th, 2012 Capital Punishment Capital punishment is a debate our politicians argue each year with. Many people are for it and many are against it. Our very own Supreme Court still debate on this topic. If properly used right, capital punishment is good for society because it is a deterrence against future crimes and protect the rights of victims of malicious murders, capital punishment is a legal and an appropriate measure in the United States legal system. Capital punishment was reestablished in 1976 by the Supreme Court as an appropriate measure for murder cases. Since then, many murderers have been convicted and put to death for their awful crimes. With each execution of a murderer, society is a safer place. When a human makes the ultimate decision to commit a crime of murder, rape, child rape, and torture, would a life in prison term be fair. Prison's are for much less acts of crime and people who do the acts against fellow humans should be punished by capital punishment. Prisons and jails are used as a deterrent so that people in today’s' society will not perform an act against another human. If they do, they know the repercussions of the acts they are performing. Some people are clearly not mentally capable of knowing the difference between right and wrong and they are put into hospitals because of their sickness. The majority of society know the difference of right and wrong. Another form of a deterrent...
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