At age 28, Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged for murder in the U.K. after she fatally shot her playboy lover, and her controversial conviction is raising questions 70 years later.

Post columnist and Associate Editor Ruth Marcus, who has worked at the paper for four decades, says she can no longer stay there. "Jeff's announcement that the opinion section will henceforth not ...

Ruth Ellis was the last woman executed in Great Britain; what’s surprising is that her execution happened only 70 years ago, in 1955. In fact, between the time she admitted to killing her lover ...

Ruth Marcus was an associate editor and columnist for The Post. Marcus joined The Post in 1984. She joined the national staff in 1986, covering campaign finance, the Justice Department, the ...

“That goes through female empowerment, through court, through the crime. Ruth was quite a trailblazer. She worked from the age of 14. She ran this very successful club. She was a single mothe ...

Created by Kelly Jones and based on Carol Anne Lee’s biography, “A Fine Day for Hanging,” BritBox‘s “A Cruel Love: The Ruth Ellis Story” is a gutting, engaging historical crime drama ...