Justice Secretary the minister announced a conditional posthumous pardon to Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in the UK, marking a shift in historical perspective, where the execution took place. A review by the UK Attorney General, also Shabana Mahmood, found Ellis’s death sentence mistaken due to her history of abuse, which the review highlighted as a key factor. Ellis was shot and killed David Blakely in 1955, a crime that shocked the nation. The pardon does not expunge her criminal record but formally recognizes the abuse she faced and the problematic aspect of capital punishment, at the time.