Pennyworth wrote:Pennyworth wrote:Hustler, topless dancer, kept woman, gun moll -- she'd been all these things even before meeting Charles Manson," Mr. Bugliosi wrote.Read more:
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09269/10 ... z0XjZnD2OE Hello,Probably the main reason as to why I have been now researching this case is that Bugliosi really goofed up on his recent JFK assassination book, and it seems to me that someone else is behind it. Here's Linda Kasabian star witness who made a deal with the DA...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda_KasabianTaken from above link....Originally, Atkins had been offered a reduced sentence (life imprisonment instead of the death penalty) for her testimony, since she was the first defendant to be arrested, and she had agreed to tell her story at the grand jury hearings. However, Atkins relinquished this chance when she resumed her allegiance to Manson and repudiated all her incriminating statements. Next, the prosecutors turned to Kasabian, who had voluntarily turned herself in to New Hampshire authorities and returned to California. Kasabian was offered immunity from prosecution in exchange for turning state's evidence.There have been reports that Kasabian wanted to tell her story to the prosecutors, with or without any kind of deal, to "get it out of my head", as chief prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi described it, but that her attorney, Gary Fleischman, insisted that she remain silent until the district attorney made an offer of immunity.[9] Kasabian, who was then pregnant with her second child, agreed to the immunity offer.Immunity agreement was seen at the time as a somewhat controversial option for the prosecution for a number of reasons. Some wanted her to be fully prosecuted for the crimes. However, though Kasabian had been an accomplice to the murders (their driver and lookout) and she had not prevented the crimes or contacted the police or the sheriff afterwards, she had not entered either residence and had not physically participated in any of the murders. She had been described as reluctant and extremely upset during the events of both nights,[8] even challenging Manson ("I'm not you, Charlie. I can't kill anyone"[3]), and she was the only member of the group to express remorse and sympathy for the victims. When brought back to the Tate residence to help reconstruct the crime there, Kasabian reportedly suffered an emotional breakdown.[2] The prosecution was relieved to withdraw the deal from Atkins, whose behavior and statements reportedly seemed especially depraved.[9]