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Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 – May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper, serial rapist, and writer who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area.
Caryl Chessman (born May 27, 1921, St. Joseph, Michigan, U.S.—died May 2, 1960, San Quentin, California) was an American criminal whose writings during 12 years on death row made him the symbol of an enduring controversy over capital punishment.
Jun 25, 2010 · Convicted in 1948 as “The Red Light Bandit,” Caryl Chessman would become an internationally known “Death Row” author and make the cover of Time Magazine. His appeal attorney came within minutes of preventing his wrongful execution in 1960.
Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 in St. Joseph, Michigan, – May 2, 1960 at San Quentin Prison) was a convicted robber and rapist who gained fame as a death row inmate in California. Chessman's case attracted world-wide attention, and as a result he became a cause célèbre for the movement to ban capital punishment.
Sep 28, 2024 · By the time 38-year-old Caryl Chessman was executed on the morning of May 2, 1960, he had been on California’s death row for 12 years. His brooding, rough-hewn features were...
Caryl Chessman was a bumbling criminal, but he had a special genius: he has always known by instinct the intricate combinations that lead to the law’s heart.
Mar 1, 2003 · More than any other single case, California's gas chamber execution of Caryl Chessman in 1960 undermined public support for capital punishment in the United States and eventually contributed to a political and legal moratorium on capital punishment that lasted for more than a decade.
In January 1948, a 27-year-old career criminal named Caryl Chessman was arrested after a car chase and shootout as a suspect in the armed robbery of a men's clothing store in Los Angeles, California.
Caryl Whittier Chessman (1921-1960) was convicted of robbery, automobile theft, and kidnapping with associated bodily harm. He received the death penalty under the “Little...
Commenting in April 1960 on the imminent execution of death row author Caryl Chessman, Saturday Review editor and activist Norman Cousins found grim encouragement that ‘the troubled attention of a large part of human kind is fixed on this one event.’
