Charles Manson is escorted to court for a preliminary hearing on December 3, 1969 in Los Angeles, California ; Members of the Manson "family" attend pre-trial hearings in 1970 in Los Angeles. For ...

After a seven-month trial that captivated the world, Charles Manson and three of his followers were convicted on January 26, 1971, of the murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon ...

LOS ANGELES — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Vincent Bugliosi was an anonymous junior member of the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office when he was handed the case that, for better or worse, would define his life: ...

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LOS ANGELES — Linda Deutsch, a special correspondent for The Associated Press who for nearly 50 years wrote glittering first drafts of history from many of the nation’s most significant criminal and ...

LOS ANGELES — Stephen Kay was a fresh-faced prosecutor just 27 years old and three years out of law school when circumstances handed him the Charles Manson "family" murder case. Over the next ...

Linda Deutsch, a longtime Associated Press writer who covered the trials of Charles Manson, O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, among others, has died at 80, according to the AP. In the middle of it all ...

Charles Manson, wild-eyed leader of a cult "family" who killed seven people in a bloody rampage in Los Angeles that shocked the nation in 1969, died of natural causes Sunday, according to the ...

Patricia Krenwinkel, 77, who was part of what was known as the Manson family, was convicted of seven counts of murder in 1971. A California panel said she posed little risk of reoffending. By Adeel ...