The Hanged Man. The Life And Death Of Ronald Ryan

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Scribe
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2002
Edition: First Edition

Description: 490 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Publishers Description: Ronald Ryan was hanged in Melbourne on February 3, 1967, following his conviction for the shooting murder of a prison warder during his daring escape from the maximum-security Pentridge prison. Following Ryans death, date governments moved to abolish the death penalty, and he became the last man to be hanged in Australia. Today, more than 30 years later, the Ryan case still prompts spirited debate about the guilty finding against the condemned man, the merits of capital punishment in general, and the politics behind the execution. Mike Richards original, comprehensive research and persuasive insights have produced a definitive account of the life and death of the man whose execution stopped a nation.

ISBN: 9780908011490