Facts about Caryl Chessman

Summary

Caryl Chessman (born as Caryl Whittier Chessman in St. Joseph, Michigan, died in San Quentin, California) was a famous Celebrity from USA, who lived between May 27, 1921 and May 2, 1960. He became only 38 years old.

Biography

Caryl was an American robber, rapist and prison-writer, also known as Red Light Bandit. He was sentenced in July 1948 (to his refusal) to have been the " Red Light Bandit", a notorious rapist and burglar, who with a flashing red light at night were staying people to belief that it was a red police flashlight.

During he's more than twelve years in prison (San Quentin), he wrote four books, including the autobiographical Cell 2455, Death Row (1954) became a bestseller around the world and even a Hollywood movie of the same title 1955th. He's execution was postponed several times, sometimes only hours before the scheduled execution, but in May 1960 he got gassed to death.

The execution caused a widespread public debate on capital punishment, and Chess's fate has left its mark in a variety of songs, books, movies and more, such as Ronnie Hawkins, The Ballad of Caryl Chessman (1960), and in 1977 played by Alan Alda Chessman in CBS TV movie Kill Me If You Can. The author Dominique Lapierre visited him in prison and wrote this book A Thousand Suns.

Bibliography

* Cell 2455 Death Row (1954)
* Trial by ordeal (1955)
* The Face of Justice (1957)
* The Kid Was A Killer (1960)

Zodiac etc.

He is born under the zodiac gemini, who is known for Communication, Indecision, Inquisitive, Intelligent, Changeable. Our collection contains 8 quotes who is written / told by Caryl.

Related authors: Ronnie Hawkins, Alan Alda

Source / external links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caryl_Chessman