Irving Kanarek, the hard-charging and bombastic criminal defense attorney who represented Charles Manson and argued through the decades that his notorious client had nothing to do with the gruesome Tate-LaBianca murders, has died at age 100. During the Manson trial, he was loud, argumentative and objected repeatedly to questions, answers and even the prosecution’s opening statement. Atkins died in prison in 2013; Manson died in 2017, also while still behind bars. AdvertisementThe years after the Manson case were at times turbulent ones for Kanarek. AdvertisementThe Manson case was an extraordinary opportunity and challenge for Kanarek, offering the veteran of civil and criminal law both national exposure and a difficult uphill legal battle.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 09, 2020 22:43 UTC