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Caryl Chessman — Part 2
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Ae
ince any
vhs passed on i
THE MYT
ARYL CHESSRIAN was caught
in 2 poli ‘yap shortly after
commission of dozens of >estial
sev crimes on women and girls
i tes ares. When
aii victims iden-
have committed
$s never repented
ras, one of which
ight to a
she awa:
only
our court system
fonger tran he
to. He is a de-
3d and confirmed sex ma-
ved ne betie: fate
* chamber.
ny disterted as it
vas le*al in its effect.
ue to the day of
ath, pase-s often
as @ murderer,
S h. A few day: after
his execution, the New York
Ho e!d Tribune, in a two-co'umn
head.ine. st: implied that
>a killer.
was,
ttmost
vourt
merits once
_ of the Red Light crimes. Neit!
Oe ol
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. Woodfield and 1 che
* coffee, Lin-
ont leag
Jd conceivably be the Red Hist
which appeared .
‘al, was iron ly 1
iy the police records end {
: ‘
2 long time si for three '
into the ree Repor's indie !
2 Tost 0 re than twelve pounds
the cops.
police record Citessiman’s
the pe the time ia the groin, hit 5. the &
nt Wwihat we wer ch, and otherwise persuaded to tk. F
. witnesses whe were in the ¢ 5
epower taek with Chose ¢
at be showed evidence of havin :
brutally worked over. “The proses :
" dt tember of witness: i
He went on to didn't sex Chessman wo 7
the ma
ail, ESD i
a cold th x
he cops at the ,
FACTS
AN was caught in a
volving a clothing- store
holdup, one cay after the last
jerome
tor his ar ansvarec
scriptons hen existing of
Rod Light Bandit. In fect, u
he was captured. it was as-
sumed that ihere was me
a one such bandit. icentifi-
cations were vague and in most
cases made ‘without benefit of
@ police lineup. usual in such
procedures. The girl victim of
the Red Light bandit did not go
to Camarillo Stat e Hospital un-
Mere 6
No psychiat
has bean willing to say her men-
iness was caused by the
ck,
Cressman had an 1.Q. of
abcut 130, far above average,
but far below the genius ‘evel.
His chility to keep his case in
court so jong had been largely
clue to admitted judicia! error
and the many serious gaps. in
proper conduct of the triai. All
Fsychiatrists who have ex-
amined him declared he was
eating,
plain away a's head
h had shown up in all the pieto-
en cf Chessman at the t
cub at
examination? .
Ch enterprise in 148 he
ted, was stic
s and beoki
e oprrwting
yp aah EO
ints, most of
alice prstec-
“ircapable' * committing the to exphain i en
sex-crimes with which he was i AL
cherged, ‘ *
£ lice released to eensatiom * ;
Po opaper tie is fon tha: Cheses 4
7 s acked & ed Joyce Petas ud
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