Convicted mass murderer gets marriage licence
AP Charles Manson
(AP) Mass murderer Charles Manson has been given a licence to marry a
26-year-old woman who visits him in prison.
The marriage licence obtained on Monday by The Associated Press was issued
on Nov. 7 for the 80-year-old Manson and Afton Elaine Burton, who left her
Midwestern home nine years ago and moved to Corcoran, California, the site
of the prison to be near Manson. She maintains several websites advocating
for Mansons innocence.
The licence does not specify a wedding date and indicates the couple has 90
days to get married or they will have to reapply. Ms. Burton, who goes by
the name Star, told the AP that she and Manson will be married next month.
Yall can know that its true, she said. Its going to happen. I love
him, she added.
Ms. Burton gave an interview a year ago to Rolling Stone magazine in which
she said she and Manson planned to marry. But Manson, who became notorious
in 1969 as the leader of a roving family of young killers, was less
certain about tying the knot.
Thats a bunch of garbage, Manson said in the December 2013 interview.
Thats trash Were playing that for public consumption.
Asked Monday about those comments, Burton said, None of thats true,
adding that theyre waiting for the prison to complete their paperwork.
California Department of Corrections spokeswoman Terry Thornton confirmed to
the AP that the license had been transmitted to the prison.
Thornton said each California prison designates an employee to be a marriage
coordinator who processes paperwork for an inmates request to be wed. In
most cases, she said, the department of corrections approves of such
weddings as a tool of family reunification and social development. But
Manson is a unique case.
Burton said the wedding might have happened earlier if Manson did not have
some situations at the prison.
Thornton explained that in February, Manson had three violations for
possession of a weapon, threatening staff and refusal to provide a urine
sample.
Burton said the prison holds marriages on the first Saturday of each month.
She expects to be married in an inmate visiting room at the prison. Thornton
confirmed that Manson can have a wedding at the prison and invite an
officiate from outside the prison to perform the ceremony.
Why marry Manson under those conditions? Ms. Burton said it would allow her
to get information not available to nonrelatives.
Theres certain things next of kin can do, she said.
She said she believes Manson is innocent and will get a new trial.
Manson has been incarcerated since 1969 in the infamous TateLaBianca
murders. He was a habitual criminal before that and spent most of his life
in prison. They were convicted in the gruesome killings of actress Sharon
Tate and four others at her estate on Aug. 9, 1969, and grocers Leno and
Rosemary LaBianca who were killed the following night. Manson would not be
eligible for parole until 2027.
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