Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Authorities remove Caryl Chessman's handcuffs at a post-conviction court hearing. He became a media star during his long battle to ...

Caryl Chessman wrote Cell 2455, Death Row while awaiting execution in San Quentin. He had not been convicted of murder. Instead, he was sentenced to death under California’s 'Little Lindbergh Law' ...

Caryl Chessman in 1958, on the 10th anniversary of his arrest. By then, he was a bestselling author. (Los Angeles Times) By the time 38-year-old Caryl Chessman was executed on the morning of May 2, ...