Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood announced a conditional posthumous pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK, marking a shift in historical perspective, where the execution took place. A review led by the UK Attorney General, also Shabana Mahmood, found Ellis’s death sentence inappropriate due to her history of abuse, who the review highlighted as a key factor. Ellis was shot and killed David Blakely in 1955, an incident that shocked the nation. The pardon does not erase her criminal record but formally recognizes the abuse she faced and the improper character of capital punishment, during that period.