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Initially, Charles Manson and his chums received the death penalty for the Tate-LaBianca murders, but when the Supreme Court decided death by state was cruel and unusual punishment their sentences were commuted to life. This is how Manson beat the system. For Charlie prison is like home. He does well in prison, probably the only structure he has ever had. So incarceration is not really a punishment at all for people like Manson. So in this respect, Bugliosi is correct, death would have been the only just punishment.

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