Joan Smith

1. Article · Aug 5, 2026 · Joan Smith

   What kind of society fast-tracks early release for domestic abusers? This is gambling with women’s lives | Joan Smith (opens the original)

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   Andy Burnham inherited the crisis in our prison system – but the solution cannot be to further endanger the women and children who have survived violence It’s time to be blunt: the government is about to expose hundreds of vulnerable women to the risk of death or serious injury. Survivors of domestic abuse, including women who have suffered years of physical violence and intimidation, are now preparing for the moment in October when 5,000 prisoners begin to be released early. What are these

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2. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · Joan Smith

   Ruth Ellis’s pardon will comfort her family, but the system still lets down abused women like her | Joan Smith (opens the original)

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   When Ellis was condemned to death in 1955, the horrific violence she had suffered was ignored. Today, vulnerable women are still fighting to be heard It has taken more than seven decades, but the grievous wrong done to Ruth Ellis has finally been recognised. Ellis was the last woman to be hanged for murder in the UK, the victim of a pitiless justice system that was uninterested in her history of horrific domestic abuse. The announcement of a posthumous conditional pardon is a tribute to the tire

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