CNN CNN Special Report August 30, 2015 03:37:00
>> a front row seat to the daily drama. like on august 3rd, 1970, several days into the trial. >> charlie all of a sudden picks up the newspaper and shows it to the jury. and it says, manson guilty, and nixon declared. the lawyers argued for a mistrial but it didn't happen. >> are you guilty of any murders? are you guilty of plotting any murders? >> i killed a chicken once. >> no one from the press had one-on-one access to manson during the trial. no one except mary neiswender thanks to a source in the prison law library. >> charlie could not use the telephone. so a friend was to call me at a ...