Ruth Ellis, née Neilson, was a British nightclub hostess who was convicted of murder and became the last woman to be hanged in the UK following the fatal shooting of her lover, David Blakely, on 10 April 1955. She was executed at Holloway Prison.
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Ruth Ellis
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Ruth Ellis bullet holes - 1st plaque
The naming error on the plaque is interesting. Derek Bentley (1933-53) was a ...
Ruth Ellis bullet holes - 2nd plaque
In 1954 Ruth Ellis shot David Blakely producing these bullet holes. Ruth Elli...
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Herman Wallace
In 1972 a prison guard was murdered in Angola Prison, Louisiana, USA, where Herman Wallace, Robert King, and Albert Woodfox were prisoners. Wallace and Woodfox were convicted of the murder; King w...
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
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Luis L. Ramirez
Ramirez's divorced wife's lover was murdered in Texas in 1998. Ramirez was indicted for solicitation of capital murder. In 1999 he was sentenced to death and executed in 2005.
Person, Law, Race Issues, Tragedy, USA
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Rachel Elizabeth Rackow
Rachel Elizabeth Rackow was born on 5 July 1964, the youngest of the five children of Dr Francis Isidore Rackow (1922-2003) and Daphne Jean Rackow née Spittle (1928-2019). Her birth was registered ...
1 memorial
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