You are running down the street with your best friend not too far
behind. You manage to round the corner, but you hear your friend trip.
Suddenly a shot rings out. Your friend screams. You continue to run, but
look back and see the man who was following you pull out a large knife.
Shocked in terror you can only blankly stare as the man proceeds to cut your
friend to pieces. The blade falls once. There is an explosion of red. The
blade falls twice. Entrails spill onto the floor. The blade falls three
times, four times, five, and six. He then reaches down and dips is hand into
the blaring pool of crimson that soaks the ground. Lifting his hand he
begins to write on the wall in front of him with the freshly spilled blood
Would a situation like this horrify you? Well you should know that
seven murders just like this occurred in two nights. The man responsible
Manson is the leader of a large cult following, and even after being
arrested for his truly horrific deeds still influences the cult today. In
1975 one of Manson's followers, Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, made an
assassination attempt on then president Gerald Ford, in Manson's name
Even now if you go to New York City you can find shirts with his picture
on them, glorifying him. Songs have been written praising him.
But together these have not yet touched the scariest thing about
Charles Manson. The thing that you should be most frightened of is that
Charles Manson, and many like him are alive, with chance of parole. Yes
this murderous madman could yet again run rampant in the world. It is for
this reason that the death penalty is necessary.
Capital punishment is the system by which the people who have
committed the most heinous crimes are executed either by electric chair,
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