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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)
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[-] Icedrous@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago

I really hope the news outlets don't leave us hanging and interview her to get her thoughts on this, this is huge!

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