Grandkids of last woman hanged in U.K. seek her pardon 70 years later

Ruth Ellis, a 28-year-old nightclub hostess, was hanged in July 1955 for shooting dead racing driver David Blakely as he came ...

Family of last woman to be hanged in Britain seek posthumous pardon

Ms Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in the UK and her death became politicised in the discussion of the death penalty in ...

Grandchildren seek pardon for last woman hanged

The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was physically and ...

'My grandmother was a murderer but she didn’t deserve to be taken from the world in the way she was'

“She is a murderer, but she didn’t deserve to be taken from the world in the way she was.” Those are the words of Stephen ...

'Last woman hanged was abuse victim and should be pardoned'

The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was physically and ...

Ruth Ellis' grandchildren demand pardon for last woman hanged in Britain

Ruth Ellis, a nightclub hostess, was executed on 13 July 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover, David Blakely.
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Grandchildren of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, seek posthumous pardon

The family of Ruth Ellis, from Rhyl, said she was a victim of domestic abuse that was let down by the criminal justice system and the impact of her execution had been 'devastating for her family' ...