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Ben Henderson | History Content on Instagram: "Albert Pierrepoint - Britain’s most famous exec*tioner. Pierrepoint h*nged around 500 people, including criminals and N*zis. But they weren’t all straightforward. Ruth Ellis was the last woman to be h*nged in Britain. Outrage at Ellis’ exe**tion was a turning point on the route to the d**th penalty’s abolition. Pierrepoint appeared immune from guilt. But that changed in 1974 when he said his work had achieved nothing. Ever since, Pierrepoint’s words