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Ronald Joseph Ryan (c. 21 February 1925 - 3 February 1967) was the last person to be legally executed in Australia.
Ronald Ryan in 1967) Jeff Kennett: Conservative populist premier. He was one of the most aggressive...
Bolte became embroiled in a bitter controversy over capital punishment. In 1965 two prisoners, Ronald Ryan and Peter Walker, had escaped from Melbourne's Pentridge Prison, allegedly shooting dead a prison guard while doing so. They were recaptured, and Ryan was sentenced to death for murder, despite...