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Ruth Ellis in the Condemned Cell: Voyeurism and Resistance (2012)
Journal Article
Seal, L. (2012). Ruth Ellis in the Condemned Cell: Voyeurism and Resistance. Prison service journal, 199, 17-19

When Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be executed in England and Wales in July 1955, execution had long been something which took place in private. It is a well established argument that the ending of public execution in 1868 made the practice mun... Read More about Ruth Ellis in the Condemned Cell: Voyeurism and Resistance.

Ruth Ellis and Public Contestation of the Death Penalty (2011)
Journal Article
Seal, L. (2011). Ruth Ellis and Public Contestation of the Death Penalty. Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 50(5), 492-504. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2311.2011.00691.x

This article examines public reactions to the case of Ruth Ellis through an analysis of letters sent to the Home Secretary. The vast majority of these requested a reprieve, and highlighted themes such as her status as a mother, the murder as a crime... Read More about Ruth Ellis and Public Contestation of the Death Penalty.

Issues of gender and class in the Mirror newspapers' campaign for the release of Edith Chubb (2009)
Journal Article
Seal, L. (2009). Issues of gender and class in the Mirror newspapers' campaign for the release of Edith Chubb. Crime, Media, Culture, 5(1), 57-78. https://doi.org/10.1177/1741659008102062

In May 1958, Edith Chubb was tried at the Old Bailey for the murder of her sister-in-law, Lilian Chubb. She was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to four years' imprisonment. She claimed to have accidentally killed Lilian by pull... Read More about Issues of gender and class in the Mirror newspapers' campaign for the release of Edith Chubb.

Public reactions to the case of Mary Wilson, the last woman to be sentenced to death in England and Wales (2008)
Journal Article
Seal, L. (2008). Public reactions to the case of Mary Wilson, the last woman to be sentenced to death in England and Wales. Papers from the British Criminology Conference, 8, 65-84

In 1958, 68 year old Mary Wilson became the last woman to be reprieved from the death penalty in England and Wales. She was convicted of the capital murders of two of her husbands, whom she poisoned. This article examines the discourses of capital pu... Read More about Public reactions to the case of Mary Wilson, the last woman to be sentenced to death in England and Wales.