premise: Charles Manson has been proven innocent of all crimes.
hypothesis: Charles Manson . In 1971 he was found guilty of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder for the deaths of seven people ( Abigail Ann Folger , Wojciech Frykowski , Steven Earl Parent , Sharon Tate Polanski , Jay Sebring , and Leno and Rosemary La Bianca ) -- most notably of the actress Sharon Tate -- all of which were carried out by members of the group at his instruction . Manson also received first-degree murder convictions for the deaths of Gary Hinman and Donald `` Shorty '' Shea . After Manson was charged with the crimes of which he was later convicted , recordings of songs written and performed by him were released commercially .