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

Therefore, people should be convicted on the basis of evidence. In this very case, evidence is lacking. Yet many people believe MM should be convicted. On what basis? Because they don't like him?

Also, this doesn’t clear him of anything. Just because there’s no trial doesn’t mean there was no wrongdoing. There are still other allegations against him. But hey, keep clinging to that logic if it helps you sleep at night