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Caryl Chessman — Part 2

26 pages · May 24, 2026 · Broad topic: Prisons & Escapes · Topic: Caryl Chessman · 26 pages OCR'd
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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 Working on pp pills . 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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