In June 1948, 27-year-old petty criminal Caryl Chessman was sentenced in California on two counts of sexual assault, receiving two Death sentences as punishment in a case that remains one of the most baffling episodes in American legal history.
He spent this time, punctuated by eight separate stays of e.
Maintaining his innocence of these crimes, Chessman lived in Cell 2455, a four-by-ten foot space on Death Row in San Quentin for the twelve years between his sentencing and eventual execution.
In June 1948, 27-year-old petty criminal Caryl Chessman was sentenced in California on two counts of sexual assault, receiving two Death sentences as punishment in a case that remains one of the most baffling episodes in American legal history
