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Ruth Ellis, last woman to be executed in the UK, granted conditional pardon

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Ruth Ellis, last woman to be executed in the UK, granted conditional pardon
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Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the UK, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon. Her family campaigned for the pardon, arguing that her 1955 murder conviction failed to account for the domestic abuse she suffered.

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Image source, Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Image caption, Ruth Ellis' grandchildren have campaigned for the pardon

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