Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
He was pardoned by Governor James Rolph in August 1933. Keyes was born August 9, 1877, in Wilmington, California, and attended the University of Southern California, after which he entered the district attorney"s office. When Thomas L. Woolwine resigned in June 1923, Keyes stepped into his position.
A year later Keyes called upon 87 department employees to resign, and he reappointed only 27 of them to form his new team
During 1924 he caused the average length of a felony trial to be cut from 130 to 51 days.