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Cell 2455, Death Row by Chessman, Caryl; Longstreth, Joseph is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Cell 2455, Death Row about?

In June 1948, 27-year-old petty criminal Caryl Chessman was sentenced in California on two counts of sexual assault, receiving two death sentences as punishment in a case that remains one of the most baffling episodes in American legal history. Maintaining his innocence of these crimes, Chessman lived in Cell 2455, a four-by-ten foot space on Death Row in San Quentin for the twelve years between his sentencing and eventual execution. He spent this time, punctuated by eight separate stays of execution, writing this memoir — a moving and pitiless account of his life in crime and the early life that produced it. Chessman's clarity of mind and ability to bring his thoughts directly to the page, even within the stifling walls of San Quentin, help make this work the most literate and authentic expose ever written by a criminal about his crimes.

Who reads Cell 2455, Death Row?

Author

Chessman, Caryl; Longstreth, Joseph

Publisher

Da Capo Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780786735839

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Memoir, True Crime, Social Science

Rating

3.82 / 5 (98 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14