Chessman was being executed for kidnapping and rape rather than murder. The logic was that if Chessman did not take anyone's life, then he should not be executed.
Gov. Pat Brown made sure he breathed cyanide anyway.
One of Chessman's victims lost her sanity and died in a mental ward. He as much as killed her. He deserved to die
30 posted on 12/12/2005 4:57:33 PM PST by packrat35
(The America hating bastards at the NYT must spend their entire life with their heads in the toiletat)