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    In 1969, Sharon Tate and four others were brutally murdered in Los Angeles, California, by the Manson Family. Sharon was eight and half months pregnant at the time. Ten years later Sharon’s mother, Doris, organised a public campaign when she discovered the offenders were requesting parole. Doris gave several high-profile interviews outlining the impact that Sharon’s death had on their family and eventually served on the California State Advisory Committee on Correctional Services as a victims'…

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    filled with more villainous acts than we can count, whether it be as small as a lie or as grand as several murders. Charles Manson was an American villain who was guilty of an abundance of malicious acts - some that sound too obscene to even be true. A cult leader with around a hundred followers, Manson and his family are “thought to have carried out some 35 killings” (“Charles Manson”, A&E Networks Television). Manson’s difficult childhood led him to create a unique character out of himself,…

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    are entirely in a multitude of ways. The written play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare and known cold blooded killer, Charles Manson appears to hold similarities as much as differences. When compared to Charles Manson, Macbeth provides enough evidence to suspect that he is not only a killer but a sociopath as well. When viewed on a more complex perspective, Macbeth and Charles Manson resemble each other: simply due to their similar characteristics and tactics of manipulation, the way the thought,…

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    On January 25, 1971, Charles Manson and his followers were brought into court to hear the jury’s verdict. Charles Manson, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins had each been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and seven counts of murder in the first degree while Leslie Van Houten had been found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit murder and two counts of murder in the first degree. The penalty for all four defendants was death on all counts. Bugliosi had stated to…

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    Jeffery Dahmer, Ted Bundy, and Charles Manson are three very well known serial killers. Society has deemed these individuals crazy psychopaths for their violent crimes and behaviors. However, is there an underlying reason, or mechanism, that has influenced their behavior? More specifically, is there a region, or regions, of the brain that play a role in the planning and execution of violent crimes such as these? Researchers hypothesize that dysfunction in the frontal lobe region,…

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    Manson was ironically a hippie and took the beetle song Helter Skelter a lot to seriously and decided to make his family by “then sold them on his vision of an apocalyptic race war” (“The Devil Inside” by Charlie Gills ) yes Manson wanted a race war by having poor white people kill rich white people. His plan of course failed since one his plan would have worked better…

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    those that fall into this category, one immediately recalls the crimes of Charles Manson and his devoted group of followers, “the family.” By using psychoanalytic theory and various other criminal justice theories, one is able to scratch away the surface of famous criminals through research and explication. For example, the following criminal justice theories have been used to explain the crimes and mind of Charles Manson: Strain Theory,…

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    The Manson Family was a cult that was formed in California in the late 1960’s. It was let by Charles Manson and the group consisted of 100 of his “followers” who lived an unconventional lifestyle with the use of hallucinogenic drugs. Most of the members in the group were young women who came from middle-class backgrounds, many that were profound by Manson’s teachings and drawn by hippy culture and communal living. Manson grew up with a troubled childhood and displayed violent and manipulated…

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    “You know, a long time ago being crazy meant something. Nowadays everybody 's crazy.” Do you know about Charles Manson, and do you know about the crimes he committed? “Charles Manson is an American cult leader whose followers carried out several notorious murders in the late 1960s”(bio). He became the most infamous figures in criminal history. He committed many crimes. He was arrested and had a trial. Was he convicted or not, did he pay for his crimes? How did he become the most infamous figure…

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    Family”. Manson was born on November 12, 1934 to Kathleen Maddox and Walker Scott, and picked up the Manson surname from his stepfather William Manson. From an early age, sources say Manson had an unusual ability to dominate others.This claim was later supported by his assembly of “The Family”, and the influence he had over his followers. While this group did not have any immediate religious connections, they viewed their infamous leader Charles Manson as God himself. Believing that Manson was…

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