@SSU: Yes, he is not a role model. But people want to see him behind bars for something there is no evidence of. Because surely he did something else. That's not how it works. That's not how it should work.

You don't understand that people are appalled at the system and its shortcomings more than the man who failed to make the trial. Within the box all is correct to the t. It's the box that needs expanding.

the type of person I want to support or hear about or invite to my kid's school function.

I really hope your loved ones never become the victims of sexual abuse. Having to question your whole house of cards of a belief system on top of having to deal with something so terrible should be wished upon nobody.

that distinction. I am not going to say that Manson should be convicted if there is insufficient evidence. But I DO say that it is sick of you to laugh about that and that this outcome does not magically transform him into

In this case, it is decided the statute of limitations had expired.

Once again, the case was *not* "cleared". The case was not brought to trial. There is a big difference, and if you are going to hold up the justice system as an unbreakable arbiter of truth, then you should at least recognize