former LA County deputy district attorney
Former L.A. County deputy district attorney who worked with Vincent Bugliosi on the Charles Manson case
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Stephen R. Kay
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FROM Stephen R. Kay
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Vincent Bugliosi, Manson Prosecutor, Dies at 80 Vincent Bugliosi, who successfully prosecuted Charles Manson, has died. He was 80 years old. Bugliosi wrote the definitive, bestselling book about the Manson trial, Helter Skelter, in 1974. He went on to write more true crime books, but was best-known as the Manson prosecutor and author of Helter Skelter. We hear from one of his former colleagues.
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