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Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, 1921 – May 2, 1960) was a convicted robber, kidnapper and serial rapist who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area.
May 23, 2024 · 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.
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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 19, 2006 · ON Jan. 23, 1948, near the intersection of Sixth Street and Vermont Avenue, a 26-year-old career criminal named Caryl Chessman was arrested after a high-speed car chase and subsequently...
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Caryl Chessman was a convicted kidnapper and rapist who spent twelve years on death row in California, appealing his case repeatedly. He was executed in 1960 amid international protests and controversy over his constitutional rights.
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.’
