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New York Daily News published this on March 30, 1971.
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New York Daily News published this on March 30, 1971.
(Originally published by the Daily News on March 30, 1971. This story was written by Theo Wilson.)
LOS ANGELES, March 29 — The three young girls who confessed to murder without remorse, and the man described as their “satanic” master, must die in the gas chamber for the Tateand LaBianca killings.
Neither Charles Manson nor his three followers were in the courtroom as the death penalties were read. They were ousted by Judge Charles H. Older when they interrupted the proceedings.
The death penalties for Leslie Van Housten, 21, Susan Atkins, 22, Patricia Krenwinkel, 23, and Manson, 36, were returned by their jurors at 4:25 p.m. today, after 10 hours of deliberation.
But even before clerk Gene Darrow began reading the verdicts — saying the word “death” 27 times in the packed, silent trial room — Manson began arguing from the counsel table, calling the judge, “Hey, boy!” to get his attention.
“You’re All Fools”
“It’s not the people’s courtroom,” were Manson’s last words as he disappeared behind the door.
The girls, who came to court today with short haircuts for the first time since their arrests in 1969, sat behind their attorneys, but remained silent until the clerk read the first penalty — death for Charles Manson for the murder of coffee heiress Abigail Folger.
“You all just judged yourselves death around the corner!” Miss Atkins cried out. “Just watch your children. You’re all fools.”
The judge ordered her removed and she called out: “You remove yourself from the face of the earth.”
Miss Krenwinkel was removed after she called: “There never has been justice,” and Miss Van Houten followed, after saying: “The whole system is a game to make money.”