Ruth Ellis

In 1955, at the age of 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK.

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Ruth was hanged in Holloway Prison on July 13 1955 and buried in an unmarked grave on the grounds of the prison (though she was later reburied in Amersham).

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The death penalty itself was halted in 1965, while the last execution occurred in 1964.

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