2/22/2011 3:44 PM PST by TMZ Staff
Charles Manson's lawyer has just sent a fax to President Obama, asking for mercy.
http://tmz.vo.llnwd.net/o28/newsdesk/tm ... manson.pdf
Barack Obama and Giovanni Di Stefano
Giovanni Di Stefano -- known as "The Devil's Advocate" -- tells TMZ, he wants the Prez to set Manson free.
Di Stefano -- who has also repped the likes of Saddam Hussein -- says Manson was nothing more than a cult leader, not a murderer -- Manson didn't do the killing. Di Stefano says at worst, Manson is guilty of telling his followers to "do something witchy" -- never specifying murder.
Di Stefano complains, "Manson has been made out in America to be the Satan of the criminal justice system. He does not deserve the title."
http://www.tmz.com/2011/02/22/charles-m ... an-pardon/
