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The last woman hanged in England was Ruth Ellis. She was hanged on July 13, 1955 at HM prison Holloway. She was hanged because she was being convicted of the murder of her lover, David Blakely. On Easter Sunday 1955, Ellis shot Blakely dead outside the Magdala public house in Hampstead, and immediately gave herself up to the police. At her trial, she took full responsibility for the murder and her courtesy and composure, both in court and in the cells, was noted in the press, it took 13 minutes for the judge to find Ruth guilty.

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