Editing Manson Family (section)

===1970s–1980s===
Watson returned to McKinney, Texas after the Tate–LaBianca murders. He was arrested in Texas on November 30, 1969, after local police were notified by California investigators that his fingerprints were found to match a print found on the front door of the Tate home. Watson fought extradition to California long enough that he was not included among the three defendants tried with Manson.<ref>Extradition of Charles 'Tex' Watson</ref>{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} The trial commenced in August 1971; by October, he, too, had been found guilty on seven counts of murder and one of conspiracy. Unlike the others, Watson presented a psychiatric defense; prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi made short work of Watson's insanity claims. Like his co-conspirators, Watson was sentenced to death.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|463–468}}

In February 1972, the death sentences of all five parties were automatically reduced to life in prison by ''[[People v. Anderson]]'', 493 P.2d 880, 6 Cal. 3d 628 ([[Supreme Court of California|Cal.]] 1972), in which the California Supreme Court abolished the [[Capital punishment in California|death penalty in that state]].<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|488–491}} After his return to prison, Manson's rhetoric and hippie speeches held little sway. Though he found temporary acceptance from the [[Aryan Brotherhood]], his role was submissive to a sexually aggressive member of the group at [[San Quentin State Prison|San Quentin]].<ref>{{cite book|first=Edward|last=George|author2=Dary Matera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YcDB9TDnPeQC&pg=PT42|title=Taming the Beast: Charles Manson's Life Behind Bars|publisher=Macmillan|year=1999|pages=42–45|isbn=978-0-312-20970-4|access-date=November 18, 2015|archive-date=June 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617083334/https://books.google.com/books?id=YcDB9TDnPeQC&pg=PT42|url-status=live}}</ref>

Before the conclusion of Manson's Tate–LaBianca trial, a reporter for the ''Los Angeles Times'' tracked down Manson's mother, remarried and living in the [[Pacific Northwest]]. The former Kathleen Maddox claimed that, in childhood, her son had suffered no neglect; he had even been "pampered by all the women who surrounded him".<ref name="mom">Smith, Dave. ''Mother Tells Life of Manson as Boy.'' 1971 article; retrieved June 5, 2007.</ref>

==== Remaining in view ====
{{Main|Gerald Ford assassination attempt in Sacramento}}
[[File:FolsomStatePrison.jpg|thumb|The [[Folsom State Prison]], one of the facilities where Manson was held]]

On September 5, 1975, the Family returned to national attention when [[Lynette Fromme|Squeaky Fromme]] attempted to assassinate U.S. President [[Gerald Ford]].<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|502–511}} The attempt took place in [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]], to which she and fellow Manson follower [[Sandra Good]] had moved so that they could be near Manson while he was incarcerated at [[Folsom State Prison]]. A subsequent search of the apartment shared by Fromme, Good, and another Family recruit turned up evidence that, coupled with later actions on the part of Good, resulted in Good's conviction for conspiring to send threatening communications through the United States mail service and for transmitting death threats by way of interstate commerce. The threats involved corporate executives and U.S. government officials vis-à-vis supposed environmental dereliction on their part.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|502–511}} Fromme was sentenced to 15 years to life, becoming the first person sentenced under [[United States Code]] Title 18, chapter 84 (1965),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1751-|title=18 U.S.C. §&nbsp;1751|website=Law.cornell.edu|date=June 28, 2010|access-date=November 28, 2010|archive-date=July 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720042349/https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1751|url-status=live}}</ref> which made it a Federal crime to attempt to assassinate the President of the United States.

In December 1987, Fromme, serving a life sentence for the assassination attempt, escaped briefly from [[Federal Prison Camp, Alderson]] in [[West Virginia]]. She was trying to reach Manson because she heard that he had [[testicular cancer]]; she was apprehended within days.<ref name="bugliosi" />{{Rp|502–511}} She was released on parole from [[Federal Medical Center, Carswell]] on August 14, 2009.<ref name="abc">{{cite news|title=Would-Be Assassin 'Squeaky' Fromme Released from Prison|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MansonMurders/story?id=8327414&page=1|publisher=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]|date=August 14, 2009|access-date=August 14, 2009|archive-date=August 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090816201405/http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/MansonMurders/story?id=8327414&page=1|url-status=live}}</ref>