The Parole Hearing of Charles Manson...

For purposes - participants in today's hearing are Commissioners
Koenig and Aceto and Deputy Commissioner Brown. Representing -
the prisoner has declined an attorney, a state- represented
attorney or an attorney of his own. Representing the people of the
County of Los Angeles is Stephen Kay. We also have several
members of the news media attending the hearing today and the
CNPR and assistant CNPR, and we have an observer in the room.

For purposes of identification we're going to go around the room,
state our first name, last name and why we are here. I want only
participants in the hearing to participate in this.

I am Ron Koenig. I'll start and I'll go to my right. Mr. Manson, when
we come to you would you also give your C.D.C. number. Okay.

I am Ron Koenig, K - O - E - N - I - G. and I'm Commissioner for the
Board of Prison Terms.

BOARD COMMISSIONER ACETO: Good afternoon. Joe Aceto, A - C -
E - T - O. Commissioner, Board of Prison Terms.

DEPUTY BOARD COMMISSIONER BROWN: Cleo Brown, B- R - O - W
- N. Deputy Commissioner, Board of Prison Terms.

MR. KAY: Okay. I'm Stephen Kay, Deputy District Attorney of Los
Angeles County.

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: Mr. Manson?

INMATE MANSON: Charles Manson, inmate, B-33920.

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: Would you spell your
last name please?

INMATE MANSON: M - A - N - S - U - N.

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: Thank you. Today, Mr.
Manson, the panel from the Board of Prison Terms that you see
before you will once again consider your suitability for parole,
Certain things we have to go through, so let me go through this, if
you will please.

INMATE MANSON: Uh-huh,

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: And we have a
procedure that we follow, If you follow that it will make it much
easier on all of us.

The - you've had nine prior hearings. Let me explain the process so
you know what's going on, The hearing is basically broken down
into three areas. The first area is the instant offense and I'll
incorporate that instant offense.

And then I'll give you - and read the instant offense - and then I'll
give you the opportunity to make corrections or additions to the
instant offense, Then I'll talk about your prior criminality -

INMATE MANSON: I don't understand instant defense.

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: Instant. That's the
offense that you're in here for, The murders -

INMATE MANSON: Instant?

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: Yes.

INMATE MANSON: Offense?

PRESIDING BOARD COMMISSIONER KOENIG: Yes. Offenses that
you're in here for. We'll then go to your social factors and your
prior criminality and then we'll go to the second part of the hearing
which is your post-conviction factors and your psychiatric
evaluation. That will be handled by Deputy Commissioner Brown on
my far right.

The third area of the hearing are your parole plans and
Commissioner Aceto will handle your parole plans.

From there we go to questions by any one of the Commissioners
regarding any part of the hearing, and then questions by the
District Attorney. The District Attorney will pose the questions to
the panel and when you answer his questions would you please
answer the panel.

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