Charles+Manson+Trey+J

1. is Charles Manson a serial killer? Yes he is a serial killer. He orchestrated multiple killings of innocent people whom which he did not even have a grudge for. His planned killings, while he himself may have no committed them, he told his followers to do so, therefore associating him with the intentions of killing those people. He had a signature for his kills, through Tex and his followers they wrote Helter Skelter or Pigs in blood at the scenes. Manson was smart enough to not be at the scene of the crime, but these are his killings, not his followers. 2. are family house members serial killers? Not in their mind sets no. They were not fully aware of what they were doing, rather just following orders to try to please their leader Manson. They had all done so many drugs and acid with Manson they had become extremely trustworthy of him and follow his and Tex's orders because serving them of was the utmost importance, even it it meant killing. Some of the women were not even fully aware there would be killing on the first outing. They did not premeditate the killings, they just blindly carried them out, unaware of what they were really doing. 3. do they all deserve the death penalty? I am not in favor of the death penalty for anyone in my opinion it gives them a way out. I think stretching out their lives in prison makes them contemplate what they have done, and have to live with it in that box for the rest of their lives. From the interviews it seemed as if some of the women atleast had learned something, and what they had done was almost insane in hindsight. Charles Manson on the other hand if you could enfore a death penalty 15 times or however many you would be sentenced I think he would deserve all of those penalties. I'm not sure if he got joy out of sitting in his cell thinking about it all, or expressing it to the world, but I would rather make his life prolonged and suffer in prison rather than give him an easy out with the death penalty.