Vincent T. Bugliosi, Manson Prosecutor and True-Crime Author, Dies at 80
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Source: NY Times
Vincent T. Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted the cult leader Charles Manson and several acolytes for the savage murders of the actress Sharon Tate and six other people in August 1969, then became a best-selling writer of true-crime books, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 80.
He had been treated for cancer, his son, Vincent Jr., told The Associated Press in confirming the death.
The killings of Ms. Tate and four others in the early morning of Aug. 9, 1969, and the murders of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca early the next morning terrified people in Los Angeles and horrified the American public.
The victims were stabbed repeatedly. Some were also shot. Ms. Tate, 26, who was married to the director Roman Polanski and was eight months pregnant, begged for her life before being stabbed, one of the killers, Susan Atkins, recalled later.
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He wrote THE definitive book on the JFK assassination.
Kingofalldems
(38,456 posts)Cleita
(75,480 posts)and their minions into a court of law charged with war crimes and who had all the legal arguments to do so.
RIP Vince.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Wonderful experience...
calimary
(81,258 posts)Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)cascadiance
(19,537 posts)I wonder if Thom will give him a tribute on either his radio or RT show today...
DebbieCDC
(2,543 posts)His other books were also great reads, particularly "Til Death Us Do Part" - a murder case he prosecuted pre-Manson.
I recall his quote that he could have convicted OJ with a legal pad and a pen, or words to that effect. What a trial that would have been.
I always thought that if I were charged with a crime which I didn't commit, he'd be the first person I'd want to defend me, and if I were charged with a crime of which I was guilty, he'd be the last person I'd want to prosecute me.
His hatred for the BFEE was only one of many reasons he was a great man in my book.
RIP Mr. Bug (the G is silent*) liosi
*I've seen many reports of the times during the Manson trial when he had to remind the other attorneys, press, etc. how to properly pronounce his name. Manson and the girls call him "The Bug".
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)Sorry, already posted here: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10141113248