Charles H. Older, a no-nonsense judge who presided over the bizarre and boisterous circus that was the trial of Charles Manson and his followers, died on Saturday in Los Angeles. He was 88. The cause ...

Larry Sells called Sarah Jo Pender the "female Charles Manson" when he persuaded a jury in 2002 that she orchestrated the killings of two people. Years later, he wonders if she was given a fair trial.

It came in December 1969, when she was just 17. Days earlier, the now-notorious mugshot of Manson – wild hair framing his cold black eyes – had shocked the world, identifying him as the cult leader ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The fight over Charles Manson's estate is down to two people. After a judge dismissed claims by two men who say they are sons of the serial murderer, a former pen pal of Manson's ...

Fifty years after the Manson Family killings, the name Charles Manson still evokes a strong image — that of a shaggy-haired cult leader who spoke provocatively about mass murder. “There’s no need to ...