Seven deputies escort Charles Manson from the courtroom after he
and three followers were found guilty
of seven murders in the
Tate-LaBianca slayings. (January 25, 1971)
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Charles Manson, hippie cult leader, is brought into court 1/15 to
hear the final arguments from the
prosecution in the Tate-LaBianca
murders in which he and three female defendants are charged
with
murder. The Manson trial went to the jury late 1/15 following seven
months of courtroom
proceedings. UPI b/w photograph. (January 16, 1971)
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Convicted murderer Charles Manson shows up to his penalty trial
with his long hair cut off.
(March 4, 1971)
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Charles Manson arrives for court with a shorn head, an open
shirt, and a swastika carved
in his forehead. Manson was convicted
for his part in ordering his followers to commit
the Tate-LaBianca
murders. (March 11, 1971)
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Murderer Charles Manson, clean-shaven and with a short haircut,
is escorted through a Los Angeles
courthouse by sheriff's deputies.
A swastika marks his forehead. (March 12, 1971)
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Charles Manson, convicted hippie leader, is sullen as he is led
back into the courtroom to hear the penalty
he and this three female
followers must pay for the Tate-LaBianca murders of August 1969.
Manson and
his followers, Denise Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and
Leslie Van Houten were decreed the gas chamber
by the jury following
a nine month trial. (March 29, 1971)