This country. I shall be god. And beside me there shall be no other. All the elements are present for one of the most sensational murder trials in american history. Seven people brutally murdered in the glare of hollywood publicity. Young girls supposedly under the spell of a bearded svengali, who allegedly masterminded the seven murders. The 70s is a decade of just brutal violence on every front and anywhere that you look in america. At the time of a mass murder, theres a lot of media coverage. But usually after a brief period of time, the identity of the perpetrator tends to fade from the publics consciousness. But not so with the manson case. It was the biggest publicity case the d. A. s office had ever had. The manson trial begins the 1970s on such an evil, sadistic note. Seven innocent people died. Steve parent, a teenager. Abigail folger, folger coffee. Jay sebring. Wojchiech frykowski. The labiancas. And sharon tate. All of you know how beautiful she was. But only a few of you know how good she was. And you had Charles Manson himself. The charismatic leader of the family who didnt show any remorse or any respect for the system. Are you all happy with your courts . Yes. Good. Are you happy . In i happy . Its your court. I wouldnt accept it. The problem was that he did not physically participate in these murders. But only manson had a motive to commit these murders. And that motive was helter skelter. Manson envisioned that white people would turn against the black man if they thought the black man had committed these seven murders and ultimately there would be a civil war between blacks and whites. Manson foresaw the black man would win this war. But later on he said the black man, because of inexperience, would simply not be able to handle the reins of power, so youd have to look around at those white people who had survived, who had escaped from helter skelter. In other words, turn over the reins of power to Charles Manson and his family. When the words helterskelter were found printed in blood, i argued to the jury this was tantamount to mansons finger prints being found at the murder scene. Manson sat through this saying nothing, but today had an x scratched in his forehead. It is his way of saying he has xd himself out of society. Susan atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten sang as they went to and from court today as if to show they were with manson and he is with them. The three women were coached by charlie every morning. Heres things i want you to do. So they would do everything from sing mocking songs to the judge, to when charlie is making one of his impassioned speeches, mouthing the words along with him. I dont have any guilt. I know what ive done and no man can judge me. I judge me. Are you bitter . Bitter, no. No. Youve paid some price so far. Price . You have eyes . Open them. Charlie manson is a great presenter, but Vincent Bugliosi was better. And when you put these two antagonists into a courtroom america thought this is entertainment. People who are curious about the tate murders go to the Los Angeles Hall of justice where they wait in long lines. Some people are so interested that they get to the courthouse at 4 00 a. M. Something else this trial has done is gathered together again those members of mansons family who are not in jail. The world is getting crazy. One read part of a letter that manson wrote the district attorney. I am writing to you because i dont think im getting a fair trial. Im an individual, one man standing alone defending myself. Contrast this with the facilities you have available to you. I noted, for example, the coverage of the Charles Manson case. Here is a man who was guilty, directly or indirectly, of eight murders without reason. Here is a man yet, who as far as the coverage is concerned, appeared to be rather a glamorous figure. L. A. Times next morning, manson guilty, nixon declares. Manson got ahold of the paper. Stands up in front of the jury with a silly little smile on his face, and he shows the jury the headline. A tight ring of security surrounds the hall of justice today as the manson jury deliberates. Meanwhile, members of the manson clan continue their vigil outside the hall of justice. Theyve been there since the start of the trial. If charlie were convicted of these charges, what happens to the rest of the members of the family . Theres no if. Charlie will get out. All the people in jail will get out, and well all go to the desert together. The jury hearing the charges against Charles Manson and three girl members of his socalled family brought in its verdict this afternoon. And outside the court, mansons girl followers got the news by radio. They have convicted these people, and you are next. All of you. Theres a revolution coming very soon. Today the judge formally passed sentence on Charles Manson and his girls. The Death Penalty he said for seven senseless murders. He said not only was the sentence appropriate but almost compelled in this case. So death in the gas chamber, he said. The very name manson has become a metaphor for evil, catapulting him to almost mythological proportions. And theres a side to human nature, for whatever reason, that is fascinated by pure, unalloyed evil. If the Death Penalty is to mean anything in the state of california other than two empty words, this unquestionably was the proper case for the imposition of the Death Penalty. The California Supreme Court ruled today that the Death Penalty is unconstitutional. That will save five women and 102 men including Charles Manson from the gas chamber. Should there be a supreme penalty for committing a crime . What do you think . Im the one whos asking you. 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In the 70s there was a certain kind of killer who had the skill to get away with murder long enough to assemble a body count where they would be classified as a serial killer. In los angeles, a killer the police are calling the hillside strangler, has murdered ten young women and left their bodies on the hillsides along the highways. Today the police found another, number 11 they think. Two young paper boys discovered what appears to be the latest victim. The body had been dumped 15 feet down an embankment in a residential neighborhood. The victim was a woman, about 20 years old, and the body was nude. The series of murders has had a Chilling Effect upon the people of the city. In los angeles, more women than ever before are learning how to defend themselves. Susan ball skipped night school for a week. She says she cant sleep because of the murders. I guess i just want to learn how to maybe gave myself a few seconds so i can live. There have been enough bodies found over a wide enough area to strongly suggest more than one killer. But police say they really dont know. Today the Los Angeles Police say they have a suspect. A man in jail in another state. Los Angeles Police say they have enough evidence to charge 27yearold Kenneth Bianchi with ten of the hillside stranglings. Police focused on bianchi only after he was arrested last january for the murder of two College Students in washington state. What the police did not know was that there was not one strangler but two. Today in a bellingham, washington, courtroom, Kenneth Bianchi, in the hope of avoiding a death sentence, confessed to participation in the los angeles hillside stranglings and went on to accuse his cousin, angelo buono, of being his accomplice. Kenneth beankhy, to a great extent he was motivated because he was trying to show his older cousin, who he revered, that he was tough. For angelo buono, he enjoyed the fact that he had his younger cousin listening to him. Saw him as a mentee. We saw this time and time again. Pairs of killers who urge each other on, and together they are extremely vicious and violent. Is there any doubt this is a body . No doubt. Theres the skull and the jaw bone and everything. When did you first get word there might be some bodies buried here . This morning. Had you had any indication before . The man behind the killings was dean corll, 33 years old. Or was. He was shot and killed wednesday evening by wayne henley, 17 years old. Henley was one of two teenagers who lured young boys to corlls home. Dean corll would pick up kids, and once he had them in his house, he would incapacitate them and put them on what he called his death board and rape and kill them. The texas sex and torture killings now have become the worst mass murders in american history. 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The court says the Death Penalty is an expression of societys moral outrage at particular crimes. In the 1970s, we had a fouryear moratorium on the Death Penalty. The u. S. Supreme court ruled the Death Penalty unconstitutional. Eventually, 1976, with new statutes, the u. S. Supreme court said its constitutional. And then we started seeing the Death Penalty back in place. Death rows repopulated with new criminals like gary gilmore. It seems that the people of utah, they want the Death Penalty but they dont want executions. I took them literal and serious when they sentenced me to death. His crimes were not especially extreme. It was two robbery murders. But when he was convicted, he wanted to die. He wanted to go out in a blaze of glory. So two years later he was put to death by firing squad and became the very first person in america in this new era to be executed. And his words were lets do it. The order of the Fourth Judicial District Court of the state of utah has been carried out. Gary mark gilmore is dead. Tonight, our topic will be murder as a growth industry. These are the National Homicide figures. For the past ten years, every year has set a new high for murder in america. The statistics were stupendous. Violent crime of all kinds were soaring. The spectacles that people were seeing on their tv screen were unlike anything theyd had to absorb before. A Small Grocery store has been robbed. The owner of the grocery store, nathan hurt, has been shot and killed. What happened . As i understand, a man came into the store, and he had a gun and asked for money. And my grandfather reached for a gun he had and grabbed at the mans gun, and it went off, or he shot it twice, and my grandfather fell to the floor. Why did he feel he had to have a gun . Because