King Charles III has granted a conditional pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy announced the decision, which comes in light of evidence that Ellis was a victim of domestic abuse and coercive and controlling behavior.
Ellis, a mother of two children, was executed at London's Holloway Prison in 1955 at the age of 28. She had been convicted of murdering her partner, racer David Blakely, whom she met two years earlier while managing a nightclub.
The execution provoked a significant public outcry and helped swing public opinion against the death penalty.