Sep 11, 2020 · Charles Manson's defense lawyer, Irving Kanarek, dead at 100 Manson orchestrated 2 nights of brutal home invasion murders in Los Angeles in August 1969
Ronald Hughes was a defense attorney for Manson and Van Houten. He died under dubious circumstances during the trial. Ronald Hughes was a defense attorney for Charles Manson and later Leslie Van Houten. Hughes was different from the other attorneys in that he had experience with the hippy movement and subculture in Southern California.
Oct 05, 2001 · Paul J. Fitzgerald, a pugnacious former public defender who became the lead defense attorney in the bizarre 1970 murder trial of cult leader Charles Manson and his followers, has died. He was 64.
Irving Kanarek, Attorney for Charles Manson Even before his remarkable performance as the defense attorney for Charles Manson in the Tate-LaBianca murder case, Irving Kanarek earned a reputation as an obstructionist of the first order. He was frequently censured by judges. One judge bluntly called him "the most obstructionist man I have ever met."
Monday, March 29th, 1971. LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29 — A body believed to be that of missing Manson case defense attorney Ronald Hughes was found in the rugged Sespe Hot Springs near Ojai, and a team of Ventura County sheriff’s deputies was hiking into the area, officials reported today. Hughes vanished in that area last November.
Deceased (1920–2020)Irving Kanarek / Living or Deceased
Irving KanarekIrving Kanarek, the hard-charging and bombastic criminal defense attorney who represented Charles Manson and argued through the decades that his notorious client had nothing to do with the gruesome Tate-LaBianca murders, has died at age 100.Sep 9, 2020
Manson's followers were in their late teens or early 20s when they encountered him, altering the course of their lives as well as those of their victims.5 days ago
Charles Manson, Jr.Charles Luther MansonValentine Michael MansonCharles Manson/Children
Charles Herman OlderCharles Herman Older (September 29, 1917 – June 17, 2006) was an American who was the third highest scoring ace of the American Volunteer Group (the "Flying Tigers") and later the judge in the Charles Manson murder trial....Charles Older.Charles Herman OlderBattles/warsWorld War II Korean War17 more rows
Patricia KrenwinkelKrenwinkel after her arrest in 1969BornPatricia Dianne Krenwinkel December 3, 1947 Los Angeles, California, U.SOther namesBig Patty Yellow Marnie Reeves Mary Ann Scott KatieCriminal statusIncarcerated in California Institution for Women, Chino, California4 more rows
William SyvinLeslie Van Houten / Spouse (m. 1982–1982)
The group consisted of approximately 100 followers, who lived an unconventional lifestyle with habitual use of hallucinogenic drugs such as LSD. Most were young women from middle-class backgrounds, many of whom were radicalized by Manson's teachings and drawn by hippie culture and communal living.
At least one Manson Family member, Lynette Fromme, said Hughes was murdered in retaliation for betraying Charles Manson.
They were told to search in the area of the Barker Ranch in Inyo County, California, an area where Manson and several family members lived after the Spahn Ranch raids. It took weeks of searching but the badly decomposed and naked body of Ronald Hughes was found between two rocks on March 29, 1971.
Ronald Hughes was a defense attorney for Charles Manson and later Leslie Van Houten. Hughes was different from the other attorneys in that he had experience with the hippy movement and subculture in Southern California. This became useful in his defense strategies.
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LOS ANGELES, Mar. 29 — A body believed to be that of missing Manson case defense attorney Ronald Hughes was found in the rugged Sespe Hot Springs near Ojai, and a team of Ventura County sheriff’s deputies was hiking into the area, officials reported today.
Hughes, defense attorney for Leslie Van Houten, one of the three female defendants convicted with Charles Manson of the Tate-LaBianca murders, had been late to court several times, so when he failed to show Nov. 30 it didn’t cause too much of a stir.
In his book Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi wrote that Sandra Good, an associate of Manson and a close friend of devoted Manson family member Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, claimed that Manson family members had killed "35 to 40 people" and that, "Hughes was the first of the retaliation murders.".
Ronald Hughes was among the first lawyers to meet with Charles Manson in December 1969. Initially, he signed on as the attorney for Manson, but was replaced by Irving Kanarek two weeks before the start of the trial.