Table of Contents
Dedication v
Table of Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Acknowledgments 1973 x
Foreword Sister Mary Paulynne 1
Foreword Rick Ortenburger 3
Prologue Deborah Herman 7
Preface (1973) Herman Tubick 11
Witness List 13
Chapter 1 A Jury Summons 19
Chapter 2 Breaking the News 37
Chapter 3 Six Alternate Jurors 41
Chapter 4 Emotions of a Juror's Wife 50
Chapter 5 Opening Statements 52
Chapter 6 The Horror of Those Nights 58
Chapter 7 Linda Kasabian's Testimony About the Crimes 68
Chapter 8 The Juror's Life Outside of the Courtroom 76
Chapter 9 "Manson Guilty, Nixon Declares" 83
Chapter 10 Immunity for Linda Kasabian 87
Chapter 11 The Juror's Wife at Home 90
Chapter 12 "Oh no, no! God no!" 94
Chapter 13 A Stream of Witnesses 107
Chapter 14 Barbara Hoyt 119
Chapter 15 Happy Birthday 123
Chapter 16 Juror John Ellis has the Floor 131
Chapter 17 The 18th Week 139
Chapter 18 Terry Melcher and Manson's music 147
Chapter 19 The Last Witness for the Prosecution 153
Chapter 20 Prosecution and Defense Rest 158
Chapter 21 A Sequestered Thanksgiving 166
Chapter 22 Ronald Hughes is Missing 170
Chapter 23 They Cry Out for Justice 174
Chapter 24 Christmas at the Ambassador 178
Chapter 25 Final Summation and Defense Closing Arguments 183
Chapter 26 Deliberations 191
Chapter 27 The Penalty Phase 205
Chapter 28 The Ground Shook 219
Chapter 29 Unanimous for Death 249
Chapter 30 Post-Trial Jurors Comments on Sequestration 266
Epilogue - From Rick Ortenburger 271
Afterword - Deborah Herman 273
Postscript 277
Addendum 283