Beyond a Reasonable Doubt? (Classic Reprint): The Original Trial of Caryl Chessman: The Original Trial of Caryl Chessman (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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In 1929, a car in which he and his mother were riding was involved in a collision at a busy Los Angeles intersection. In addition to a fractured skull, Mrs. Chessman had two crushed vertebrae and she was permanently paralyzed from the waist down. Caryl, who had been Sitting in the auto's back seat, appeared to be uninjured until X-rays revealed that he had broken both his nose and his jaw. The resultant drain on the family finances forced the boy's father to give up the Pasadena house and rent an apart ment in one of Glendale's poorer sections. After two years of living from hand to mouth, Mr. Chessman finally gave up and put his family on the relief rolls. In 1936, Caryl caught diphtheria and was sent to the county hospital from which he was finally released with a recommendation that he spend the next six months in bed.

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