Several Manson Family members came from stable upbringings, homecoming queens and high school sports stars among them. Life without parole didn't exist in California, so 12 Manson parole hearings would ensue, many of them descending into absurd theatre. Manson Family members not in jail camped out at court in support of the defendants. Much has been written and broadcast over the years positing that the Manson murders also killed the hippie dream. Manson Family carried onEven the Manson Family, as it were, carried on for a time.

Source: CBC News November 20, 2017 06:07 UTC