The Hanged Man: The Life and Death of Ronald Ryan

Abstract

Ronald Joseph Ryan was hanged in Melbourne on 3 February 1967, following his conviction for the shooting murder of a prison warder during a daring escape from the maximum-security Pentridge prison thirteen months before. The decision of the Victorian government in December 1966 to proceed with Ryan's death sentence sparked immediate media condemnation and angry political protests, and put the Liberal premier, Sir Henry Bolte, under siege for the duration of the case. State governments around the country moved to abolish the death penalty in the 1970s and 1980s, and Ronald Ryan b

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The Hanged Man: The Life and Death of Ronald Ryan

Richards, Mike

Richards, Mike

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This biography of Ronald Ryan, the last man to be executed by the state in Australia, provides a definitive account of the life and death of the man whose sentence stopped a nation. Drawing on previously unpublished documents and personal accounts, this book includes details of Ryan's childhood and his early turn to crime and reveals the truth about Ryan's guilt. It also goes behind the scenes to tell for the first time of the lifelong anguish of the judge who pronounced the death sentence, the inner workings of the Cabinet meeting that decided Ryan's fate, and the political process that resul

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