Manson Transitions From Cult Leader To Cradle Robber

[Maud'Dib]

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CORCORAN, Calif. — Mass murderer Charles Manson plans to marry a 26-year-old woman who left her Midwestern home and spent the past nine years trying to help exonerate him.

Afton Elaine Burton, the raven-haired bride-to-be, said she loves the man convicted in the notorious murders of seven people, including pregnant actress Sharon Tate.

No date has been set, but a wedding coordinator has been assigned by the prison to handle the nuptials, and the couple has until early February to get married before they would have to reapply.

The Kings County marriage license, viewed Monday by The Associated Press, was issued Nov. 7 for the 80-year-old Manson and Burton, who lives in Corcoran — the site of the prison — and maintains several websites advocating his innocence.

Burton, who goes by the name "Star," told the AP that she and Manson will be married next month.

"Y'all can know that it's true," she said. "It's going to happen."

"I love him," she added. "I'm with him. There's all kinds of things."

However, as a life prisoner with no parole date, Manson is not entitled to family visits, a euphemism for conjugal visits.

So why would Burton marry him under those conditions?

She said she is interested in working on his case, and marrying him would allow her to get information not available to nonrelatives.

"There's certain things next of kin can do," she said without elaborating.

Tate's sister, Debra, who acts as a spokeswoman for the families of Manson's victims, said the impending marriage is "ludicrous."

"I think it's insane," she said. "What would any young woman in her right mind want with an 80-year-old man?"

As for Manson's motives, she said, "The devil is alive and well."

Burton gave an interview a year ago to Rolling Stone magazine in which she said she and Manson were planning to marry. But Manson, who became notorious in 1969 as the leader of a roving "family" of young killers, was less certain about tying the knot.

"That's a bunch of garbage," Manson said in the December 2013 interview. "That's trash. We're playing that for public consumption."

Asked Monday about those comments, Burton said, "None of that's true," adding that they're waiting for the prison to complete their paperwork.

California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton confirmed to the AP that the license had been transmitted to the prison.

Thornton said each California prison designates an employee to be a marriage coordinator who processes paperwork for an inmate's request to be wed. In most cases, she said, the Department of Corrections approves of such weddings as "a tool of family reunification and social development." But Manson is a unique case.

Burton said the wedding might have happened earlier if Manson did not have "some situations" at the prison.

Thornton explained that in February, Manson had three violations for possession of a weapon, threatening staff and refusal to provide a urine sample. Further details on the violations were not immediately available.

Burton said the prison holds marriages on the first Saturday of each month and she expects to be married in an inmate visiting room at the prison.

Thornton confirmed that Manson can have a wedding at the prison and invite an officiant from outside the prison to perform the ceremony.

Manson and his prospective spouse also would be allowed to invite 10 guests who are not inmates.

He and two followers, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel, remain imprisoned. Another follower, Susan Atkins, died of cancer behind bars. Other members of the Manson "family" still behind bars are Charles "Tex" Watson, Bruce Davis and Robert Beausoleil.

Manson, Watson and the women were convicted in the gruesome killings of Tate, the wife of director Roman Polanski, and four others at her estate on Aug. 9, 1969, and grocers Leno and Rosemary LaBianca who were killed the following night.

Manson is not eligible for parole until 2027.

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http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/ap-exclusive-charles-manson-marriage-license-26978380

You beat me to it, i was gonna post a thread on this.
Oh! and he won't see 2027.

 

[shitterofpants]

He's 80 now, that's only 13 years...he might make it. He might even get released...

 

[MATAMUERTOS]

He's 80 now, that's only 13 years...he might make it. He might even get released...

looks pretty 'sprite' for a eighty year old. It's all that relaxing he done all them years.

 

[spaze]

What a Christmas card those two would make.

 

[Domino69]

OK, excuse the ignorance here, but, grew up in Scotland etc. but.....always wondered, WHY is Charles Manson in prison for as long as he is? He wasn't there the night of the murders, technically, (from a physical standpoint), his hands are clean. So, why has he been behind bars for over 45 years now?

(Don't get me wrong, he's a bloody nutter but....he's still NOT a murderer)

Help!

 

[Search 'n Destroy]

OK, excuse the ignorance here, but, grew up in Scotland etc. but.....always wondered, WHY is Charles Manson in prison for as long as he is? He wasn't there the night of the murders, technically, (from a physical standpoint), his hands are clean. So, why has he been behind bars for over 45 years now?

(Don't get me wrong, he's a bloody nutter but....he's still NOT a murderer)

Help!

yeah,point taken,but at the same time i wonder if hitler murdered someone phisically,manson was the brains behind the murder plan.
If you hire a contract killer in the us to kill somebody you will spend more years in prison than the killer himself.

 

[Domino69]

yeah,point taken,but at the same time i wonder if hitler murdered someone phisically,manson was the brains behind the murder plan.
If you hire a contract killer in the us to kill somebody you will spend more years in prison than the killer himself.

Thanks Search!

Guess they were making an example out of him, perhaps to stop the spread of these weird little 'cults' that were apparently popping up everywhere as well?

 

[Snicker]

OK, excuse the ignorance here, but, grew up in Scotland etc. but.....always wondered, WHY is Charles Manson in prison for as long as he is? He wasn't there the night of the murders, technically, (from a physical standpoint), his hands are clean. So, why has he been behind bars for over 45 years now?

(Don't get me wrong, he's a bloody nutter but....he's still NOT a murderer)

Help!

I feel the same- maybe cos I'm Scottish as well and our laws & sentences are a world away from the U.S. Bet poor Charlie wishes he was here- he would've done a couple of year and been free 40yr ago!

 

[D.O.A.]

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I hope he tells her to go forth and gut justin bieber like a fish, cut out his bowel and leave it on miley cyrus's doorstep in a flaming paper bag

 

[McM]

I saw this woman in a documentary about a small orginasition to support Manson by selling his autographs, sketches and esoteric bullshit.

 

[McM]

Not any different from the 20 something retatds that bang old men who are rich and/or famous.

..or have enough drugs..

 

[Larry10625]

OK, excuse the ignorance here, but, grew up in Scotland etc. but.....always wondered, WHY is Charles Manson in prison for as long as he is? He wasn't there the night of the murders, technically, (from a physical standpoint), his hands are clean. So, why has he been behind bars for over 45 years now?

(Don't get me wrong, he's a bloody nutter but....he's still NOT a murderer)

Help!

Minimum 7 counts of conspiracy to commit first degree murder and he confessed to at least 36 murders although I don't thing he was actually tried for any of them.

 

[pangs]

If he's alive, hope he catch's the virus

 

[Béla Kiss]

If he's alive, hope he catch's the virus

He's been dead for a while.

 

[HG]

grew up in Scotland

whereabouts cowboy?...

 

[HG]

If he's alive, hope he catch's the virus

hes deed!...

 

[Bethy 🔥]

Charles Manson in his casket at the wake

 

[Bethy 🔥]

hes deed!...

I just posted his casket pics!

 

[HG]

i remember...

 

[Abyss]

this guy is replying to a comment made 5 years ago.

the other kind of necro.