Request HM government ask the Queen to issue Royal Pardon to Edith Thompson.

Closed 35 signatures

What the petition asks

Edith Thompson was drugged and carried unconscious to the gallows in 1923 for a crime I believe she did not commit. My grandfather DI Scholes, acquired the letters she wrote to her lover Freddie Bywaters, which 'proved' her guilt. I do not believe they proved anything. I believe Edith was innocent.

The prosecution sought to prove 'joint enterprise.' I do not believe they did. The jury was wrongly directed by the judge. The letters never incited Freddie to murder. I have read them all. The jury was made up of 11 men and just 1 women. There was no proof that Edith knew her lover, Freddie, would stab her husband that night. An independent witness also testified that she even begged him to stop. This is a terrible miscarriage of justice that has waited 94 years to be rectified.

Timeline

20 Oct 2017	Petition opened for signatures
20 Apr 2018	Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 35

Status Closed

Opened 20 Oct 2017

Closed 20 Apr 2018

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