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Caryl Chessman

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[Wikipedia] Caryl Whittier Chessman was a convicted robber, kidnapper, serial rapist, and writer who was sentenced to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area. Chessman was charged with 17 counts and convicted under a loosely interpreted "Little Lindbergh law" that defined

Quotes by Caryl Chessman

If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty…

Bill

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My soul is not for sale.

My soul

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Further, a document names and identifies the actual Red Light Bandits (plural), because in fact there are two.

Bandits

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A cat, I am told, has nine lives. If that is true, I know how a cat feels.

Cat

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The price I have personally paid for these extra Sisyphean years has been prohibitive.

Been

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How, possibly, could the police have made the 'mistake' of charging the wrong man with the notorious Red Light Bandit crimes? That…

Also

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I am not generally regarded as a pleasant or socially minded fellow.

Pleasant

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It is my hope and my belief that you will be able to report that I died with dignity, without animal fear…

Able

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