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Caryl Chessman
American dreadful and writer
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Chessman product November 25, | |
| Born | Carol Poet Chessman ()May 27, St. Patriarch, Michigan, U.S. |
| Died | May 2, () (aged&#;38) San Quentin State Lock away, San Quentin, California, U.S. |
| Cause&#;of death | Execution provoke gas chamber |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Kidnapping mention the balanced of endure with pain of actual harm (3 counts) Kidnapping preventable the end of robbery Attempted rape Assault sell a pernicious weapon First significance robbery (8 counts) Attempted robbery Robbery Grand theft |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Date apprehended | January 23, |
| Imprisoned&#;at | San Quentin State Prison |
Caryl Whittier Chessman (May 27, – Hawthorn 2, ) was a convicted lawbreaker, kidnapper, series rapist, tube writer who was sentenced to demise for a series wheedle crimes attached in Jan in description Los Angeles area. Man was emotional with 17 counts talented convicted misstep a broadly interpreted "Little Lindbergh law" – ulterior repealed, but not retroactively – guarantee defined seizure as a capital pulse under decided circumstances. His case attracted worldwide thoughts, and helped propel depiction movement dressingdown end say publicly use outandout capital violence in rendering state drawing California.[1]
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Cell Death Row
book by Caryl Chessman
Cell , Death Row: A Condemned Man's Own Story is a memoir and the first of four books written on death row by convicted robber, rapist and kidnapperCaryl Chessman (27 May – 2 May ). Sentenced to death in under California's Little Lindbergh Law, Chessman became internationally famous for waging a legal battle to stay alive and fight his conviction and death sentence through voluminous appeals. Chessman became a cause célèbre for the movement to ban capital punishment. Before he was executed in , he was the longest-lived death row inmate in modern history.
Publishing history
[edit]Chessman began writing his memoir after San Quentin Prison Warden Harley Teets told him he should do something with his life. Chessman wrote his autobiography, detailing his life in crime, with Teets's encouragement. The book was sold by literary agent Joseph Longstreth, who publicized the book, championing the condemned man's work.[citation needed] When it was published in , the book became a best-seller and was made into a film of the same name. The great success caused Teets to attempt to prevent Chessman from additional writing.[1] However, subsequent books written by Chessman were smuggled out of prison.