31 Facts About Vincent Bugliosi

In 1972, Bugliosi left the District Attorney's office and started a private practice, which included defense cases for criminal trials.

Vincent Bugliosi twice ran for the DA's office, but was not elected.

Vincent Bugliosi began his writing career, exploring notable criminal cases.

Vincent Bugliosi attended the University of Miami on a tennis scholarship and graduated in 1956.

Vincent Bugliosi began his law career in the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office in 1964, where he served as a deputy district attorney for eight years, through 1972.

Vincent Bugliosi successfully prosecuted 105 out of 106 felony jury trials, which included 21 murder convictions.

Vincent Bugliosi successfully prosecuted Charles Manson, Tex Watson, Susan Atkins, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Leslie Van Houten for these murders, and each was convicted.

Vincent Bugliosi was credited especially with gaining conviction of Manson, who, although he had tied up the La Biancas, had not been physically present during the actual murders.

In 1972, Vincent Bugliosi ran as a Democrat for Los Angeles County District Attorney against longtime incumbent Joseph Busch.

Vincent Bugliosi ran again in 1976, after Busch died of a heart attack in 1975, but lost to interim District Attorney John Van de Kamp, who was incumbent.

Vincent Bugliosi represented three criminal defendants, achieving acquittals for each of them.

Vincent Bugliosi criticizes the work of the district attorney, prosecutors, defense lawyers, and Judge Lance Ito.

Vincent Bugliosi criticized the media for characterizing Simpson's lawyers as "the Dream Team", and said that the lawyers were unremarkable and of average ability.

Vincent Bugliosi used his profiles to explore what he considers broader problems in American criminal justice, the media, and the political appointment of judges.

Vincent Bugliosi wrote a lengthy criticism of the case for The Nation, titled "None Dare Call It Treason", which he later expanded into a book titled The Betrayal of America.

Vincent Bugliosi believed that George W Bush should have been charged with the murders of the thousands of American soldiers who died in the Invasion of Iraq, because of his belief that Bush launched the invasion under false pretenses.

Vincent Bugliosi testified at a House Judiciary Committee meeting on July 25,2008, at which he urged impeachment proceedings for Bush.

In 1986, Vincent Bugliosi played the part of prosecutor in an unscripted 21-hour mock television trial of Lee Harvey Oswald.

The program required extensive preparation by Vincent Bugliosi and inspired him to later write a comprehensive book on the subject of the assassination.

Vincent Bugliosi's book examined the JFK assassination in detail and drew on a variety of sources; his findings were in line with those of the Warren Report, which concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the assassination of the 35th President.

Vincent Bugliosi wrote several other books, mostly dealing with well-known crimes.

Vincent Bugliosi's works include And the Sea Will Tell, which he wrote with Bruce Henderson about the murder case against Stephanie Stearns.

Vincent Bugliosi later wrote Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F Kennedy, in which he challenged numerous conspiracy theories and explored the events surrounding the assassination.

Vincent Bugliosi wrote The Prosecution of George W Bush for Murder, a condemnation of former president George W Bush's decision to invade Iraq.

Vincent Bugliosi did not own a computer and at one time did all his research through library microfilm archives.

Vincent Bugliosi wrote his books entirely by hand, with Newton later transcribing his long-hand texts.

Vincent Bugliosi was married, and he and his wife Gail had two children: a daughter, Wendy, and a son, Vince Jr.

Vincent Bugliosi died of cancer at age 80, at a Los Angeles hospital on June 6,2015.

Vincent Bugliosi is interred in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Many of Vincent Bugliosi's books have been adapted to the screen, and he appeared as a character in several of them.

Vincent Bugliosi appeared as himself in the 1973 documentary film Manson.