Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I think the media made Manson, turned him into some larger than life figure and surrounded him with mystery and some shady glamour.
Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
There is no question at all that Manson was sending Tex, Sadie, Katie, and Linda out on his mission of murder.
I was at a party three weeks prior to the murders at Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate's house.
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
From Jesse James to Charles Manson, the media, since their inception, have turned criminals into folk heroes.
I think Charles Manson was a hair's breath away from just being a terrorist. He wanted to start a war, too.
If anyone should be executed, it should be Charles Manson. Do I go around during the daytime, 'Geez, I'm upset that he's alive'? No, I don't even think about him. I don't think about this case.
The very name 'Manson' has become a metaphor for evil... He has come to represent the dark and malignant side of humanity, and for whatever reason, there is a side of human nature that is fascinated with ultimate evil.
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that.
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