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coner to DeJ,oach memo 4-29-60 re: The Death Penalty and Caryl Chessman nat people cannot understand our judicial system. Smith then starts to trace Coven". vackground and brings in a childhood: acquaintance who says she is sorcy fox Che 4: .3 ihat he had a hard background and as a youth gave every appearance of being nega. * 2h ‘Father Edward Dingberg (jioentic), Catholic Chaplain at faa Qu: aa, -elates that hé his always found Chessman respectful and over the years has nouced a remendous change in him. According to Father Dingberg, Chessman has matured and 10 longer does he feel that it is a question of Chessman dueling with the executionsre < * rather the main issue is the social garvice he has brought about by bringing a bright isat to bear on the death penalty. _.Wirin of the ACLU then discusses "the issue and the man." He says Chessman is completely rehabilitated and would be a useful person if allowed to vo. ‘Ie is cgainst the death penalty which is not morally justified for anyone. Arour Moestor, n author, then states that capital punishment merely adds a second murcer to the socre and does not bring the victim back to life. He says if it had.a deterrent effect, it migue. ‘ye justified but he doubts it. 7 ‘ : The narrator then introduces one Henry J. Rice whose S-year-c.d son wes snurdered by a sex criminal. Rice speaks for the death penalty. During.his talis, Io: is sbviously emotionally disturbed and on one occasion broke down and sobbed. In suse. acc ne said people like this who take a human life were not good to anyone anc should uct ba « made wards of the state to live off the people. Narrator Smith points out that the death penalty is apvlauded by law enforcement personnel. Chief W. H.- Parker, Los Angeles Police Department, 1..:25, that the men who arrest these people know more about the behavicr of that type ci ' individual than anyone else. He recounts a recent Los Angeles case when two mer wld 4 gun on two police officers and could easily have killed them to make their escape. Leto. one said he did not shoot the officers because he is fearful of the death penalty. Thy ons” said he didnot even have his gun loaded because he did not wish to take the chance cs xilling someone and subjecting himself to the possibility of execution. A Dr. Saline (phoentic), a university professor, ‘disagreed with Parker and points out that recent surveys proved that police are not protected in death penalty states. Smith then introduced a convicted armed robber who has admitted iweive armed robberies, at least eight of which were in Michigan waich dces not have cazitai punishment and the others were in Canada where the senteace for murder can be Gen, This robber said that in his Michigan robberies he never carried an empty chanicer in iiss