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Ruth Ellis’s pardon will comfort her family, but the system still lets down abused women like her

When Ellis was condemned to death in 1955, the horrific violence she had suffered was ignored. Today, vulnerable women are still fighting to be heard, says journalist Joan Smith

The Guardian - UK

Ruth Ellis: what her posthumous pardon tells us about Britain’s view of abuse then, and now

Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in Britain on July 13 1955. Her execution was a national event. A crowd, reported to be 1,000-strong, gathered outside Holloway Prison in London that morning. Anti-death penalty protesters held signs, some people prayed and some wept. Ellis’s story had deeply…

The Conversation

What Ruth Ellis' Historic Pardon Really Means—And Why Her Conviction Still Stands

Ruth Ellis has been posthumously pardoned 70 years after her execution, acknowledging the overlooked impact of domestic abuse in her case, though her murder conviction remains unchanged.

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

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

The Independent UK

Who was Ruth Ellis and why was she hanged at London's Holloway Prison?

Everything you need to know about the last woman to be hanged in Britain

Evening Standard

Family of Ruth Ellis, last woman executed in UK, wins posthumous government pardon

A mother of two children, Ellis' execution in 1955 provoked an outcry and helped swing public opinion against the death penalty.

Euronews

Ruth Ellis, last woman hanged in UK, granted posthumous conditional pardon

Ellis, 28, was executed in 1955 after fatally shooting her abusive partner David Blakely

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Last woman hanged in the UK to be granted conditional pardon

Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy said: ‘We hope this brings a measure of peace to Ruth Ellis’s family.’

The Independent UK

Why the last woman to be executed in the UK has been granted a pardon

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The Independent UK

Ruth Ellis: Last woman to be hanged in Britain finally granted pardon

Ruth Ellis shot her lover dead after he subjected her to brutal physical abuse

The Independent UK

Grandchildren Of Last Woman Executed In UK Seek Her Pardon

The grandchildren of the last woman to be executed in Britain have called for Ruth Ellis to be pardoned, 70 years after she was sent to the gallows for murdering her "abusive" lover, their lawyers said Wednesday.

International Business Times

Grandchildren of last woman to be hanged in Britain seek posthumous pardon

Ruth Ellis was executed on 13 July 1955 after being convicted of murdering her lover, David Blakely.

Evening Standard

Grandchildren of Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in UK, ask for pardon

David Lammy urged to consider 1955 case in light of evidence Ellis was abused by partner before she killed him

The Guardian - UK

Dance with a Stranger at 40: Miranda Richardson on playing Britain’s last hanged woman

FLASHBACKS: Four decades ago, the Oscar-nominated star became an overnight sensation for playing Ruth Ellis, a working-class woman sentenced to death for fatally shooting her upper-class lover. Sophie Monks Kaufman speaks to Richardson and her ‘Dance with a Stranger’ director, Mike Newell, about a classic of British cinema

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A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story review – the sad, shocking tale of the last woman to be hanged in Britain

Lucy Boynton and Toby Jones’s outstanding performances meet beautifully claustrophobic cinematography in this tale of a young mother sentenced to death for killing her violent lover

The Independent UK

A Cruel Love’s true story of Britain’s last executed woman will make you shudder – and sympathise

4/5 Was the last British woman to be executed a victim of misogyny and snobbery? ‘A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story’ makes her case

Evening Standard

Nigel Havers’ astonishing real-life family connection to the Ruth Ellis case

He plays his own grandfather in A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story

Woman & Home

Who was Ruth Ellis and why was she hanged? The real story behind A Cruel Love

Lucy Boynton portrays Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, in an unmissable ITV true crime series.

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Evening Standard

A Cruel Love: from Toby Jones to Lucy Boynton, who plays who in the Ruth Ellis drama?

The show tells the tragic story of the last woman in the UK to be hanged for murder

Evening Standard

Actress Lucy Boynton says society has become ‘desensitised’ to domestic violence

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story will air on ITV1 at 9pm on March 5.

Evening Standard

Ruth Ellis: the tragic story of the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK

Her story is being made into ITV show A Cruel Love, which is due to air later this year

WhatToWatch

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story: release date, cast, plot, episode guide, trailer, interviews and everything you need to know

A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story sees Lucy Boynton play Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK.

WhatToWatch

ITV making drama about Ruth Ellis, last woman to be hanged in the UK

ITV has commissioned a drama about Ruth Ellis, the last woman in Britain to be hanged, with Lucy Boynton on hand to star in the title role.

Daily Mirror

Ruth Ellis and tragedy of little boy left behind when UK's last woman was hanged

Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be hanged in the UK after she shot her lover dead outside a pub in Hampstead two months earlier

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