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Chessman Opens New Round in Fight Against Execution
Daryl Chessman 36 returns to Los Angeles court as his long battle to escape the gas chamber continues. He has been on death row since 1948 for kidnapping and sex crimes and now seeks a new hearing over trial transcripts. His actions keep him alive another year, while one alleged victim Mary Alice Meza remains in a mental hospital, her mother recounting the terror she endured.
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