On July 13th 1955 , 28 year old Ruth Ellis became the last woman to be hanged in Britain. The blonde nightclub hostess had lived a troubled life filled with many abusive men. At breaking point she stalked and murdered the last of those men, David Blakely. Despite her horrific crime, shooting David several times, the general public largely took pity on her. In today's episode we look at her life leading up to the incident and ponder if capital punishment is ever the answer?