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Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, gets conditional posthumous pardon
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The UK government has granted a posthumous pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in the country, who was hanged in 1955 for the murder of her lover. Her family campaigned for the pardon, arguing that her conviction failed to account for the domestic abuse and coercive control she suffered.
Image source, Bettmann Archive/Getty Images Image caption, Ruth Ellis' grandchildren have campaigned for the pardon
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