Vincent Bugliosi
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Vincent Bugliosi (born August 18, 1934 in Hibbing, Minnesota) is an American attorney and author, best known for prosecuting Charles Manson and other defendants accused of the Tate-LaBianca murders.
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[edit] Education
Bugliosi is a graduate of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. In 1964, he received his law degree from UCLA, where he was president of his graduating class.
[edit] Manson prosecution
As a Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney, he successfully prosecuted Charles Manson and several other members of his "family" for the 1969 murders of Sharon Tate and six others. He lost only one of the 106 felony cases he tried as a prosecutor, which included winning 21 out of 21 murder cases. He later wrote a book about the Manson trial called Helter Skelter.
[edit] Legal author and commentator
Bugliosi has been outspoken in the media about the incompetence and/or malfeasance of lawyers and judges in major trials. He wrote a bestselling book, Outrage, on the acquittal of O.J. Simpson, in which he detailed the (at times appalling) incompetence of the district attorney, prosecutors, the defense lawyers, and presiding judge, and to illustrate what he saw as broader problems in American criminal justice, the media, and the political appointment of judges. He also condemned the Supreme Court's ruling in Jones v. Clinton, and the Supreme Court's decision in the 2000 presidential election.
Bugliosi is also an expert on the John F. Kennedy and Robert F. Kennedy assassinations. He is currently at work on a book regarding the assassination of former U.S. President John F. Kennedy, scheduled for a May 2007 release.
[edit] Personal
Bugliosi is married and has two children, Wendy and Vince Jr. Bugliosi is of Italian ancestry.
[edit] Works
[edit] Books
- Helter Skelter (with Curt Gentry) (1974) (Edgar Award, 1975, Best Fact Crime book)
- Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery (with Ken Hurwitz) (1978) (Edgar Award, 1979, Best Fact Crime book)
- And the Sea Will Tell (with Bruce B. Henderson) (1991)
- Outrage: The Five Reasons Why O.J. Simpson Got Away With Murder (1996)
- No Island of Sanity: Paula Jones v. Bill Clinton - The Supreme Court on Trial (1998)
- The Betrayal of America: How the Supreme Court Undermined the Constitution and Chose Our President (2001)
[edit] Articles
- "None Dare Call It Treason" from The Nation, February 5, 2001.
