David Lammy

“While the pardon does not claim she was innocent of killing David Blakely, it replaces the death penalty with a sentence of life imprisonment to recognize a profound injustice in this exceptional case,”

David Lammy · said 2026-07-08 · reported 2026-07-08

Lammy announced that Ruth Ellis, the last woman executed in Britain, was posthumously granted a conditional pardon that replaces the death penalty with a sentence of life imprisonment.