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. He wrote a lengthy criticism of the decision in an article for The Nation titled "None Dare Call It Treason," which was later expanded into a book titled The Betrayal of America. Some of his criticisms are portrayed in the 2004 documentary Orwell Rolls in His Grave.
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 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. He has also stated that he is an agnostic although he is open to the ideas of deism.
[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)
- The Phoenix Solution: Getting Serious About Winning America's Drug War (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] In Film
Bugliosi has had many of his books adapted to the screen, and as such appears as a character.
- Helter Skelter (1977) (portrayed by George DiCenzo)
- And the Sea Will Tell (1991 TV) (portrayed by Richard Crenna)
- Till Death Us Do Part (1992 TV) (portrayed by Arliss Howard)
- Helter Skelter (2004) (portrayed by Bruno Kirby)
[edit] Articles
- "None Dare Call It Treason" from The Nation, February 5, 2001.
[edit] External links
Categories: 1934 births | Living people | American agnostics | American legal writers | American non-fiction crime writers | Edgar Award winners | California lawyers | California writers | District attorneys | History of Los Angeles | Italian-Americans | People from Minnesota | University of California, Los Angeles alumni | University of Miami alumni
