“This pardon does not undo what happened 71 years ago. It does not restore the lives that were broken — the children left behind, the years lost. But it says, formally and finally, that Ruth should not have been executed; that the justice system failed her. That acknowledgment matters profoundly to our family.”

Laura Enston · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-08

Enston said in a statement that the pardon formally acknowledges Ruth Ellis should not have been executed and that the justice system failed her.