Originally posted by storch
charles manson isn't a hero least of all one of mine. apparently you can toss anyone into jail for any reason now so you are correct. the point is charles manson while repugnant and dangerous is not guilty of those murders. the fact that he can found guilty for commiting a crime in which took no actual part in other than the planning should concern you. that it doesn't comes as no surprise since it's not your ox being gored.
there was considerable evidence indicating that sirhan was mental unstable. his ability to hold down a job was a function of his obsessive desire to kill RFK and not necessarily proof of his sanity. if you consider wanting to kill RFK because of his support for israel a valid motive for murder instead of that making a person non rational what can one say. the guy was and probably still is a cheekbones. had he killed anyone else he would have been long ago released.
They are three murderous nut jobs.
I understand your points, but I was not on the jury; I didn't vote one way or the other to convict him.
Fact is, he is in prison by rule of law thus he deserves to be there until or unless proven otherwise.
Conspiracy to commit mass murder that culminates in mass murder is what it is... mass murder.
Conspiracy:
1. the act of conspiring.
2. an evil, unlawful, treacherous, or surreptitious plan formulated in secret by two or more persons; plot.
3. a combination of persons for a secret, unlawful, or evil purpose: He joined the conspiracy to overthrow the government.
4. Law. an agreement by two or more persons to commit a crime, fraud, or other wrongful act.
5. any concurrence in action; combination in bringing about a given result.
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