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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
The judge hat sentenced Manson was a liberal, should have got the death penalty.
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Um.... wrong.
A few facts for you about Manson's sentencing:
* The judge who sentenced Manson was
Judge Charles Older, and he was not what most people would term a "liberal," IMO. He was appointed to the bench by Ronald Reagan in 1967; that fact alone doesn't make him a "conservative" either, of course.... perhaps Reagan just thought Older was a good jurist who deserved a spot on the L.A. Superior Court bench, and it wasn't about his politics? Always a possibility.
* Contrary to your assertion, Judge Older
DID sentence Manson (and the rest of his co-defendants) to death, in April of 1971
* The California Supreme Court -- NOT an individual judge -- effectively forestalled the possibility of the death penalty being applied in Manson's case by way of its decision in
California v. Anderson; the court's ruling in
Anderson outlawed the death penalty in California, making it rather difficult for the state to legally carry out the death sentence against Manson and his co-defendants.
None of this has anything to do with guns/gun crime, of course... just thought I'd straighten the factual record of Manson's sentencing out a bit here. ;-)