Edith Thompson: Hanged woman's case not recommended for pardon
Edith Thompson was executed more than a century ago after her lover fatally stabbed her husband.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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Campaign to pardon woman, 29, who was hanged after her lover murdered her husband
Edith Thompson, 29, was one of just 18 women hanged in Britain in the 20th century in a case deemed so 'dubious', it has been described as one of the worst miscarriages of justice in British history.
Source: dailymail.co.uk
Edith Thompson: Commission to re-examine hanged woman's case
The century-old case was initially rejected for review by Justice Secretary Dominic Raab.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Edith, play based on sensational murder trial, opens at Lowry
IT was a trial which shocked 1920s’ Britain; it was a court case which contained all the elements to spark a media frenzy - the unhappy wife who…
Source: lancashiretelegraph.co.uk
Edith Thompson: the woman hanged for word crimes – and a murder committed by her lover
Her lover killed her husband – and yet, Edith too was executed for the murder. Will she finally be pardoned 100 years on?
Source: telegraph.co.uk