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Caryl Chessman

Name:: Caryl Chessman
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 60683
State:: California
Date Execution:: 1960-05-02
Date Crime:: 1948-01-23
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: White
Crime Convicted of:: Kidnapping
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Asphyxiation-Gas
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Los Angeles
County FIPS Code:: 06037
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