Ronald Wolfe (rapist)
Ronald Lee Wolfe | |
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Wolfe on March 2, 1960 | |
| Born | September 3, 1930 Clarendon, New York, U.S. |
| 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 | 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, and the last person to be executed for a crime where nobody had died. James Coburn was electrocuted in Alabama the same year for robbery, albeit he had still killed his victim. Wolfe was also second-to-last person executed in Missouri before the U.S. moratorium on capital punishment.