Last woman hanged in UK granted pardon 70 years after her death

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Night club manageress Ruth Ellis (1926 - 1955) poses for one Captain Ritchie, 1954. The setting is probably the flat above her club on the Brompton Road in Knightsbridge, London. In 1955, Ellis was convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely, and hanged at Holloway Prison, becoming the last woman to receive the death penalty in Britain. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The family of the last woman to be hanged in Britain said ‘justice has finally been done’ after it was announced she will be given a posthumous conditional pardon.

Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis went to the gallows in July 1955, three months after shooting ...

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Last woman hanged in UK granted pardon 70 years after her death

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