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# Ruth Ellis

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This Is The Last Woman Hanged In Britain

On July 13, 1955, famed British hangman Albert Pierrepoint slipped the noose around the neck of Ruth Ellis. The execution took just 12 seconds, but her body hung for an hour. Ellis' execution…

By Patrick Lynch · 6 min

Crime

This Day in History: The Last Woman to be Hanged in England is Convicted (1955)

This day in history the last woman to be hanged in Britain was convicted. Ruth Ellis was a Nightclub owner…

Ed · 3 min