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Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, gets conditional posthumous pardon
Wednesday, July 8, 2026
Ruth Ellis was executed by hanging at Holloway Prison in London in 1955 after being convicted of the murder of David Blakely. She has been granted a conditional posthumous pardon.
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