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Merle Haggard, James 'Rabbit' Kendrick, Caryle Chessman, Eddie Bunker and Johhny Cash.
Merle Haggard, James ‘Rabbit’ Kendrick, Caryle Chessman, Eddie Bunker and Johhny Cash.
As today is the sixtieth anniversary of the execution of James ‘Rabbit’ Kendrick, here’s a free chapter from my latest book ‘Murders, Mysteries and Misdemeanors in Southern California.’ The story of county music legend Merle Haggard, jailhouse lawyer and author Caryl Chessman, and professional criminal James “Rabbit” Kendrick is an unlikely tale of five convicts, two executions, and a surprising…
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