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, in which the execution took place. A review by the UK Attorney General, also Shabana Mahmood, found Ellis’s death sentence unjust due to her history of abuse, which the review highlighted as a key factor. Ellis was shot and killed David Blakely in 1955, an act that shocked the nation. The pardon does not erase her criminal record but formally recognizes the abuse she faced and the problematic aspect of capital punishment, at the time.