Human Rights for Charles Manson

For over 40 years a man has been incarcerated for brutal crimes of which he had no involvement or participation. This specific case has had the most amounts of of sensationalism and media exaggeration surrounding it than any other criminal trial in US history. It was also the first case to be over hyped to sell millions of dollars in book and movie sales, exploiting not only the victims of the horrendous crimes, but the name and reputation of this man unfairly imprisoned. His name is Charles Manson, and for the last 43 years he has maintained the same story of non involvement in the crimes he was charged with. Dr. Jack Levin, a leading US criminologist, has stated how unusual it is for an incarcerated person to remain the same story for so long without change, and he has suggested that Manson may be innocent of these horrible crimes after all. Charles Manson himself has said that the right people who committed the crimes are behind bars, referring to Charles Denton Watson "Tex", Patricia Krenwinkle, Leslie Van Houten and the late Susan Atkins. The only thing Charles Manson was guilty of is being aware of the people who committed the crimes, not murder. Over the years, many people have become aware of the injustices surrounding Manson's trial and incarceration. These people out of the compassion of their hearts and the noble pursuit of justice, have researched the case in depth and found many grounds for a mistrial, and evidence pointing at Manson's innocence. The conduct of the prosecution and the economic gains of the prosecutors future, were founded upon a sensationalized conviction. The crucial points of injustice and matters which should be reviewed, as grounds for an unfair trial are as follows:

1.) Charles Manson was denied a proper defense. His rights to pro per to act as his own attorney were taken away from him, and when he was given a lawyer, he was not allowed to call any witnesses on his behalf. The entire case rested without one defense witness being allowed on the stand.
2.) Before the trial even began, an prominent Los Angeles newspaper displayed on its front page "MANSON GUILTY DECLARES NIXON." This act alone would be grounds for a mistrial, because it biased the entire jury pool. Even Joseph Ball, who was appointed to determine if Manson was fit to receive a fair trial because of the nation bias because of the statement by President Nixon.
3.) One of the jurors on the trial stole an evidence photograph of the Tate Murder scenes and sold it to a European newspaper. This juror was not removed from the juror panel and was still allowed to serve in the trial. Another ground for mistrial.
4.) The entire prosecution was dependent on the testimony of Linda Kasabian whom was present at the Tate murders, and testified in exchange to walk completely free from the death penalty charge that the rest of the people charged were facing. She was bribed and given gifts from the DA and prosecuting attorneys.
5.) "Helter Skelter" the concept the DA provided as motive for the crimes, was completely disproved by many witnesses and people associated with the case who were not allowed to testify. Even the people involved with the murders have stated that the motive was to free their friend in an attempt to create copycat crimes, and not the fictitious story of 'Helter Skelter'. In other words, Manson had nothing to do with the crimes, nor did he order them to be committed. As Susan Atkins stated, 'the crimes were to free Bobby Beausoleil from jail', by creating copycat killings. Without the 'Helter Skelter' motive, there were no grounds to charge Manson. Also if the defendants truly believed in the nonsense 'Helter Skelter' myth, then that would render the defendants completely insane and unfit to stand trial. Joseph Ball, Manson's psychological evaluator, determined Manson to be a sane, able, intelligent young man, quiet spoken and mild-mannered.