She was the last woman hanged in Britain but should Ruth Ellis REALLY have been pardoned for her crime of passion? Read her compelling life story and decide for yourself

UK finally pardons Ruth Ellis, 70 years after execution

The United Kingdom authorities have approved a posthumous amnesty for Ruth Ellis, more than 70 years after she was hanged for homicide. The deceased had been convicted of murder after a trial and executed on 13 July 1955 for shooting and killing David Blakely on 10 April 1955. The conditional pardon was granted by King [] UK finally pardons Ruth Ellis, 70 years after execution

‘Ruth Ellis was a murderer, but her pardon means now she is just my grandmother’  

Exclusive: Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged in July 1955, after shooting dead her lover David Blakely, has been posthumously pardoned - finally meaning she is just Stephen Beard's grandmother and not a cold blooded killer.

My grandmother Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain - she doesn't belong with serial killers and sex offenders in Madame Tussauds' 'Chamber of Horrors'

My grandmother Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in Britain - she doesn't belong with serial killers and sex offenders in Madame Tussauds' 'Chamber of Horrors'

Last woman executed in Britain for killing abusive lover gets a conditional pardon

Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain, will be conditionally pardoned, according to Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy

New York official seeks posthumous pardon for Eve Adams a century after her arrest

Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal has asked New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to issue a posthumous pardon for Adams, a Polish-Jewish immigrant who was convicted and deported back to Europe, where she was later murdered by the Nazis.