More Manson Family victim's bodies found

Fox news | 16 Mar 08 | nully

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Breaking on Fox, no link yet.

This means there are new murders to tie to Charles Manson.

Maybe, just maybe, he can get the death penalty for one or more of these.

Assuming the liberal gods in black robes don't block it again to save him.

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Mammoth Lakes cop talking now, specially trained dogs, gas chromatographs, "cooperating individual"

Barker Ranch

[Sybeck1]

Were these “practice”?

[caseinpoint]

That should be interesting. I remember several years ago a friend of mine claimed her father had been murdered by Manson down at that ranch. I didn’t take it seriously. I might owe her an apology or at least some sympathy.

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Take two:

Teaser said they has found bodies, segment said they were looking for bodies.

[tiredoflaundry]

really! maybe justice will be served now!

[Walkingfeather]

nope the murders occured when the country did not have a death penalty.

[BGHater]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1986312/posts

That was quick.

[null and void]

Maybe. Even if you don’t a little kindness would go a long way.

[tiredoflaundry]

damn..........

[Inyo-Mono]

Here is the full story from our local newspaper (near Death Valley):

http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/84991/27/

[uscabjd]

Unless there was a constitutionally valid death penalty law in effect when the murders took place, there will be no death penalty now if he is convicted as such punishment would be ex post facto.

[Hoof Hearted]

"nope the murders occured when the country did not have a death penalty"

Wrong!

[bcsco]

Bump for reference...

[Hoof Hearted]

"Unless there was a constitutionally valid death penalty law in effect when the murders took place, there will be no death penalty now if he is convicted as such punishment would be ex post facto."

The death penalty may not have been in effect when Manson was on trial, but it likely was still in effect at the time he committed his crimes.

Not that it matters since virtually no one on death row is ever actually executed in California.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Bad news about that parole hearing, Charles....

[CrappieLuck]

If I recall, he was Sentenced to death and was serving his time on death row but California abolished the Death penalty in ‘73 and his sentence was converted to life.

[freedom4ever]

This could be the media circus of all media circus’s if it is true they are able to find bodies and charge Manson with the murders.

[al baby]

Ding Ding you win

[Mr. Brightside]

Hmmm.

Manson is over 60 years old. The trial will last 2-5 years. The appeals will go another 5-10 years. Even if convicted, he will not be put to death until he is over 80 years old.

Chances are he will die of old age.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Death penalty, is unfortunately, almost certainly excluded as ex post facto. The Supreme Court, in its superior wisdom < /sarcasm> struck down all existing death penalty statutes then in effect, meaning the worst penalty for any crime was life.

The Constitution explicitly and correctly forbids making something illegal after the fact or increasing the penalties for a crime after it's committed.