Laura Enston
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“Justice has finally been done,”
Laura Enston · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-08
Enston said in a statement that justice has finally been done after the conditional pardon was granted for her grandmother.
“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.
“The shadow of Ruth’s execution has fallen across two generations. We have carried shame that was never ours to bear.”
Laura Enston · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-08
Enston said the consequences of Ellis's execution affected two generations of her family.
“My uncle took his own life; my mother’s trauma left her unable to be the parent we needed,”
Laura Enston · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-08
Enston said her mother and uncle, Ellis's two children, never recovered after the execution.