March 29, 1971: a courtroom held a figure the nation loved to hate — Charles Manson — staring wide-eyed with an X carved into his brow as a jury condemned him for a wave of 1969 murders. The trial felt less like law and more like theater, fueled by grotesque crime scenes and the chilling devotion of the so‑called Manson Family.

But this episode turns on a legal twist: a year after the sentence, a landmark California decision wiped out the death penalty as it stood, and overnight death rows emptied into life terms. Follow the drama of moblike devotion, courtroom spectacle, and a Supreme Court ruling that reshaped hundreds of lives — including one of America’s most infamous criminals — and left the country grappling with justice, vengeance, and the power of the law.

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