Ruth Ellis: last woman to be hanged in UK gets pardon 71 years on (www.thetimes.com)

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Linked article has paywall; equally good article (but with slightly less not-the-onion headline):

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

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[-] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 1 points 8 hours ago

Paywalled

[-] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 day ago

Better late than never eh?

[-] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 19 hours ago

What a farce

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