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...fawning over far too long (Pope John Paul II, Nelson Mandela, Bill and Hillary Clinton), those we should not be fawning over at all (Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, Bill Gates) and people I have never heard of (Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Jurgen Habermas, Azim Premji?). Enough already! JERRI BENNETT--VAN HOUTEN Anaheim Hills, Calif...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 17, 2004 | 5/17/2004 | See Source »

Charles Manson was, as usual, a satanic spellbinder, giving enigmatic nonanswers and snarling at interviewer Diane Sawyer: "I'm a gangster, woman!" Two former members of his "family," Patricia Krenwinkel and Leslie Van Houten, were, by contrast, rational and remorseful. "I stabbed him with a fork repeatedly and eventually left the fork in him," said Krenwinkel, describing her part in the Tate-La Bianca murders. "I don't believe any of us had any concept of really what we were doing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Manson Family Values | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...executives defended the Manson show, pointing out that Krenwinkel and Van Houten had not been interviewed since their murder convictions in 1971. "If TIME magazine or the New York Times had a chance to do the first interview in 25 years with the Manson girls, would they turn it down?" asked ABC News vice president Joanna Bistany. Probably not. But at a time when the network newsmagazines are close to being overrun by tabloid sensationalism, introducing a new show by recycling the most notorious murder case of the past 30 years is hardly a reassuring sign...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Manson Family Values | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

...details than for the peek they provide into the extremes of human psychology. We watch to be reassured these people are monsters, not at all like you and me. And to face the fear that in some basic ways they are exactly like you and me. Krenwinkel and Van Houten today could be mistaken for high-school English teachers. Even Manson had a rare moment of recognizable ) humanity. Shown a videotape of Krenwinkel, whom he had not seen in nearly 25 years, he turned from the screen and offered one sincere, poignant response. "She got old on me," he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Manson Family Values | 3/21/1994 | See Source »

Defense Attorney Alton Maddox contended that the attempted robbery never took place. The prosecution, Maddox charged, was trying to frame Jonah Perry to avoid murder charges against Van Houten, who in two years as a policeman had an unblemished record. Said Maddox: "The fact that you have a badge and a gun does not allow you to do everything under the sun, and somebody had better send that message to the New York police department...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Case Not Proved | 2/3/1986 | See Source »

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