▲ 51 ▼ Last woman to be hanged in the UK pardoned 70 years on— Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in United Kingdom, has been granted a conditional pardon following the Deputy Prime Minister’s advice (www.gov.uk) submitted 1 month ago by Beep@feddit.online to c/world@quokk.au 9 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://feddit.online/c/uk@feddit.online/p/1816309/last-woman-to-be-hanged-in-the-uk-pardoned-70-years-on-ruth-ellis-the-last-woman-to-be
[–] wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com 16 points 1 month ago Phew. Just in time, too! 🤌🏼 permalink fedilink source