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Ronald Joseph Ryan (21 February 1925 – 3 February 1967) was the last person to be legally executed in Australia.Ryan was found guilty of shooting and killing warder George Hodson during an escape from Pentridge Prison, Victoria, in 1965.
Ronald Ryan's remains have been returned to his family. Kelly was executed by hanging at the Melbourne Gaol in 1880 and his remains moved to Pentridge Prison in 1929, after his skeleton was disturbed in April 1929, by workmen constructing the present Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) building.
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Ronald Ryan was the last man executed at Pentridge Prison and in Australia. He was hanged on 3 February 1967 after being convicted of shooting dead a prison officer during an escape from Pentridge Prison, Coburg, Victoria in 1965. [27] Victoria was also the state of the last woman executed in Australia: Jean Lee was hanged in 1951. She was ...
His brother was executed two months later. Wetzel died of Alzheimer's disease in 2012, still in prison. [197] [198] J. J. Jameson: 1961 2 life sentences United States: Originally arrested in 1960 for the killing of a store clerk, Jameson murdered a prison guard and escaped before trial, but was arrested again when he was robbing a grocery store.
Ronald Yarber 2017 1,652 years [53] United States: Convicted of raping a disabled child over the course of twelve years. [citation needed] Patricia Ayers 2014 1,590 years United States: Convicted in Federal Court alongside her co-defendant Matthew Ayers of 53 counts of producing child pornography. [54] Rene Lopez 2016 1,503 years United States
Charles Ryan, the former director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation, and Reentry, pleaded not guilty to felony charges stemming from a January shooting incident in Tempe.
Ronald Ryan – 3 February 1967 – Hanged at Pentridge for the murder of Prison Officer George Hodson during an escape from lawful custody; Ryan was the last person to be executed in Australia. References