[Ditter]

Every time I see a story about Manson and he is still alive I laugh. The reason I find it amusing is because if he had done this in Texas he would be long dead. I guess I am laughing at California for having to pay for this monster to continue to breathe all these years.

[a fool in paradise]

My understanding is that his death penalty sentence was commuted to life in prison (with possibility of parole) when the Supreme Court put a hold on the death penalty.

However, since his was not a participant in the actual murders (unlike John Holmes, whom the LA prosecutors protected in another murder case), a death sentence seems extreme.

Manson is not a nice man. However William Ayers and others are far worse, far more guilty, and far more free.