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Aaron Stovitz, 85, First Manson Prosecutor

February 6, 2010 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Aaron Stovitz, who was the original prosecutor in the Charles Manson murder trial in 1970 but who was removed from the case after a dispute with his boss over out-of-court comments, died here on Jan. 25. He was 85. The cause was leukemia, his family said. Mr. Stovitz was a veteran Los Angeles prosecutor and head of the trial division when the... Full article »

Susan Atkins, 61, Is Dead; Charles Manson Follower

September 26, 2009 By MARGALIT FOX; Dennis Hevesi contributed. Susan Atkins, a member of Charles Manson's murderous ''family'' who spent the last four decades in prison for her role in one of the most sensational crimes of the 20th century -- the killings of the actress Sharon Tate and seven others in 1969 -- died Thursday at a women's prison in Chowchilla, Calif. She was 61. She died of natural causes, said... Full article »

Woman Who Tried to Kill Ford in '75 Is Paroled

August 15, 2009 By JAMES C. McKINLEY Jr. Lynette A. Fromme, the waifish acolyte of Charles Manson who tried to kill President Gerald R. Ford in September 1975, was released on parole from federal prison in Texas on Friday morning after spending three decades behind bars, a prison official said. At 8 a.m., Ms. Fromme, 60, walked out of the Federal Medical Center Carswell, a prison and... Full article »

Peace, Love and Charlie Manson

August 2, 2009 By ANTHONY DeCURTIS SPEAKING about the 40th anniversary of Woodstock, Arlo Guthrie recently asked, ''How many other events from 1969 are we still talking about?'' Plenty, as it turns out, and for reasons far more compelling than inexhaustible boomer nostalgia. By any measure, the last year of the '60s was crammed with events, Woodstock among them, that have lived on... Full article »

NATIONAL BRIEFING | WEST; California: Prison Release Denied

July 16, 2008 By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Susan Atkins, a follower of Charles Manson who is dying of brain cancer, has been denied release from prison. The state parole board denied a request for her compassionate release. Her lawyer, Eric Lampel, said Ms. Atkins, 60, had been given three months to live. NATIONAL BRIEFING | WEST... Full article »

NATIONAL BRIEFING | WEST; California: Search For Remains In Manson Case Ends

May 24, 2008 By JENNIFER STEINHAUER The search for possible human remains near the remote ranch where Charles Manson was captured has ended, yielding only a bullet casing and some animal bones. The area around Barker Ranch, in the southwestern area of Death Valley National Park, was briefly closed this week for digging in five areas, overseen by the Inyo County Sheriff's Office. A... Full article »

Ranch to Be Searched for Manson Victims

May 10, 2008 By JENNIFER STEINHAUER For those who spend a great deal of time mulling the intricacies and unanswered questions of real-life crimes, a remote area in Death Valley has always been fertile ground. For years there was speculation that unaccounted-for victims of Charles Manson and his followers were buried at Barker Ranch, where Mr. Manson was captured, and the local... Full article »

Charles H. Older, 88, Judge Who Presided at Manson Trial

June 21, 2006 By DOUGLAS MARTIN Charles H. Older, a no-nonsense judge who presided over the bizarre and boisterous circus that was the trial of Charles Manson and his followers, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 88. The cause was complications of a fall at his home in West Los Angeles, said Edward Cazier, a friend and former law partner. Judge Older, a World War II fighter... Full article »

From Paris, Polanski Testifies In Libel Case

July 19, 2005 By SARAH LYALL As he acknowledged to a court in London on Monday, Roman Polanski was, in his younger days, a libertine and rake who freely engaged in casual sex, sometimes with more than one woman at a time. But on no account, Mr. Polanski declared, did he try to seduce a beautiful Swedish woman in 1969 while en route to the funeral of his wife, Sharon Tate, soon... Full article »

Where Aquarius Went

December 19, 2004 By Christopher Hitchens HIPPIE By Barry Miles. Illustrated. 384 pp. Sterling Publishing. $24.95. WHAT'S GOING ON? California and the Vietnam Era. Edited by Marcia A. Eymann and Charles Wollenberg. Illustrated. 209 pp. Oakland Museum of California/University of California Press. Paper, $49.95. BACK FROM THE LAND How Young Americans Went to Nature in the 1970's, and Why... Full article »

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