Dossier
battered woman syndrome
Coverage of battered woman syndrome in the Nexus archive.
- The last woman executed in Britain is given a conditional pardon
Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain in 1955, has been posthumously granted a conditional pardon, acknowledging the injustice of her execution for killing her abusive lover. The pardon replaces the death penalty with life imprisonment, recognizing that her case influenced a 1957 law allowing a diminished responsibility defense.