British man at the centre of a wrongful-conviction case and ongoing legal reviews
Posthumous conditional pardon has been granted to Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK, recognizing a grave injustice linked to domestic abuse. The decision replaces the death penalty with life imprisonment and highlights ongoing failures in how abuse shapes criminal outcomes.
A man convicted of a 2003 Salford rape has been jailed for 24 years in his absence after fleeing to Bosnia when mistakenly released from prison. The court has noted the survivor's bravery as inquiries into policing and miscarriage of justice unfold.