Charles Manson
Life as Punishment for Murder Every action has a consequence, so does the law of cause and effect say. A child will most likely get punished for misbehavior, and a baby will always cry when something does not go his way. Linda Kasabian, a former member of the Manson Family who was part of many murders did not get any punishment whatsoever. Due to all her actions, a punishment of prison should be given to Linda for all the murders done, regardless of her regrets. Linda Kasabian, born on June 21, 1949 in Biddeford, Maine, was a sixteen year old hippie who quit school and left her home, and headed out in search of the meaning of life. On the road, she lived in several hippie communes where she turned her life around, engaging sexual relationships and consuming drugs. By the age of twenty, Linda Kasabian had already married and divorced two different men, and was already the mother of a baby girl. Linda visited Spahn Ranch on July 4, 1968 and immediately joined the Manson Family. According to Kasabian, Earth was a happy place around Charles Manson and his followers. Music, marijuana, alcohol, dance, everything combined to make up the “Perfect Place”, not knowing these people would bring Hell to Earth for her. It all started on that night, August 8, 1969, Linda was instructed to go with Tex, Susan Atkins and Patricia Krenwinkel to the home of the actress Sharon Tate. Once the crew arrived, they attacked Tate’s home and every individual inside it. It was insane. Linda, standing there looking at how painfully these people were murdered, told the group that she had heard noises so that they would leave and stop killing the victims. Even thought Linda told the group about the sounds, they still refused to leave it alone. She didn’t do anything about it anymore. She could have helped, but she didn’t. She was so scared about what Manson would do to her if she broke the rules of his command. Therefore, the people and eight-month pregnant Sharon Tate were