Cell 2455, Death Row by Caryl Chessman

Paperback. Condition: Good+. 1960. Permabooks. Sixth Printing.

True autobiography of the "Red Light Bandit," convicted rapist/burglar Caryl Chessman, who escaped the electric chair 7 times while sitting on San Quentin prison's death, with massive public support & even then-governor Jerry Brown stepping in to stay his execution. When he was finally put to death on May 2, 1960, he became the first person executed for a nonlethal kidnapping in the US, & a cause celebre for anti-death-penalty advocates. He is now widely believed to have been innocent of many of the crimes of which he was convicted.