Watson was sentenced to death, but in 1972, California temporarily outlawed the death penalty, commuting the sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison. By Brittany Du Bois How Did Charles Manson's Early Years In Prison Shape Him? Charles Denton Watson was born on December 2nd, 1945 in Dallas, Texas. After Fromme's 2009 parole for her assassination attempt, she and Good ended up moving in together for a time and the two seem to still remain friends. His Search led him into the arms of Charles Manson. Manson and his followers came to Hinman's house on July 25, 1969, where they kept him prisoner and tortured him for three days before Beausoleil killed his friend on July 27, according to Rolling Stone. According to Oxygen, Kristin Joan Svege met Watson by writing him in prison. // -->,