Caryl
Chessman was born May 27, 1921, at St. Joseph, Michigan
and was raised in the Los Angeles area. He was known
as the Red Light Bandit and was convicted on July 5,
1948, on 17 counts of kidnaping, robbery and sexual
assaults. He drew two death sentences and 15 prison
sentences. While in prison, during stays of execution
he began writing and wrote several well known novels.
He was indicted and tried in the courts of California.
He was assigned to death row at San Quentin Prison in
1948. On May 2, 1960, Caryl Chessman was executed in
the gas chamber at San Quentin Prison.
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