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Last woman executed in Britain for killing abusive lover is given a conditional pardon - AP News
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Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain in 1955 for the murder of her abusive partner, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon. This decision follows decades of campaigning by her family and supporters who argued that her history of domestic abuse was not properly considered at the time.
LONDON (AP) The last woman to be executed in Britain, for gunning down her abusive lover outside a London pub more than 70 years ago, has been posthumously granted a conditional pardon, Deputy Prime …
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