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Ruth Ellis: Last Woman Executed in UK Receives Posthumous Pardon
Nightclub hostess Ruth Ellis, hanged in 1955 for murdering her lover, has been granted a conditional pardon over 70 years after her death.
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- Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the UK in 1955 for murdering her abusive lover David Blakely, has received a posthumous conditional pardon.
- The pardon, granted by the King, acknowledges a profound injustice and brings peace to her family, who fought for over 70 years to overturn her conviction.
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Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the UK in 1955 for murdering her abusive lover David Blakely, has received a posthumous conditional pardon. The pardon, granted by the King, acknowledges a profound injustice and brings peace to her family, who fought for over 70 years to overturn her conviction.
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