Word: steadfastness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...demanding ego stands in the way. "Caryl Chessman has not sought executive clemency from me," said Governor Brown last October. "To the contrary, he has declared that he seeks only vindication. This I cannot give him. The evidence of his guilt is overwhelming . . . His attitude has been one of steadfast arrogance and contempt." But with his mail running 10 to 1 in favor of sparing Chessman, and with his own conscience nagging at him, Pat Brown, longtime opponent of capital punishment, agonized over the Chessman case as Feb. 19 drew near. Ten hours before Chessman...