As TMZ goes on to note, Kasabian was a witness for the prosecution in the two trials that sent Manson and five of his followers to prison. For this reason, Kasabian was granted immunity. Manson himself ordered the murders to take place, according to Kasabian’s testimony. All those involved in the Manson family murders were sentenced to die. But after California abolished capital punishment, they were given life sentences instead.
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On the justification for the horrific and shocking crime spree, convicted Manson family murderer Susan Atkins, who was there the night Tate and others died, claimed: “… [W]e wanted to do a crime that would shock the world, that the world would have to stand up and take notice.” Atkins died from brain cancer in 2009 while still in prison (via The Guardian). In a 2009 interview with Larry King (via YouTube), Kasabian recalled telling Manson, who had ordered her to commit murder, “Charlie, I’m not you, I can’t kill anybody … and he said, ‘Sure, you can,'” before making a throat-slitting motion with his hand, according to Kasabian’s description.
