At the time, many people personally identified with Ellis and her experiences of abuse.
- Professor of Criminology, University of Sussex
Our sense that Letby’s appearance or lifestyle makes her an outlier is based on our own preconceptions – and misconceptions.
50 years after the UK first experimented with removing the death penalty for murder, one name has become our bridge to the hangman’s noose.
Western media tropes of black widows, deviant sexuality and unthinking compliance fail to explain why violence crosses the gender divide.
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