Ronald Lee Wolfe | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ronald_Wolfe.jpg) Wolfe on March 2, 1960 | |
| Born | September 3, 1930 United States |
| Died | May 8, 1964 (aged 33) |
| Cause of death | Execution by gas chamber |
| Other names | Ward Jewel Hopkins Albert John Strouse Jewel Karvey Hopkins |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Conviction(s) | Rape |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
Ronald Lee Wolfe (September 3, 1930 – May 8, 1964) was the last person executed in the United States for non-homicidal rape,[1][2] and second-to-last put to death for crime other than murder (the last was James Coburn, electrocuted in Alabama the same year for robbery).[3] He was also second-to-last person executed in Missouri before the U.S. moratorium on capital punishment.[4]
- ^ "Rape Where Victim Lived". Archived from the original on May 12, 2009. Retrieved December 1, 2011.
- ^ Sherman, Mark (June 25, 2008). "Court bans death penalty for child rape". Associated Press. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
- ^ "Executions Other Than Murder or Rape Related". Archived from the original on September 22, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008.
- ^ "Missouri Executions". Archived from the original on May 16, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2008.