"Today, justice has finally been done...
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 acknowledgement matters profoundly to our family.
We hope Ruth's story serves as a lasting reminder that the justice system must reckon with the abuse that drives women to the edge," said Laura Enston, granddaughter of Ruth Ellis.
Prior to her execution, Ellis wrote to Labour MP George Rogers, who unsuccessfully petitioned the Home Secretary for clemency, expressing her resignation and stating that Rogers would know "the truth" after speaking with her solicitor.
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Public backlash from the execution heavily influenced British legal reform, prompting the introduction of diminished responsibility as a criminal defense two years later.
