Hanged: Executions in Australia by Jim Main

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers removed. Protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside page. Wear to book corners and pages. Some marks on book foredges and half-title page. Book has been cleaned and binding is still very good.

The last judicial execution in Australia was in 1967 when Ronald Ryan was hanged in Melbourne. Ryan was the last of hundreds who all paid the supreme penalty. This book covers dozens of the most sensational and controversial of Australia's executions, all by hanging.