ˈæftɚɹ ɐ fˈoːɹɾi fˈaɪvjˈɪɹlˈɔŋ kæmpˈeɪn, bˈɛntli ɹᵻsˈiːvd ɐ pˈoʊsthjuːməs pˈɑːɹdən ɪn dʒuːlˈaɪ nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd nˈaɪnti ˈeɪt, wˌɛn ðə kˈoːɹt ʌv ɐpˈiːl ɹˈuːld ðæt bˈɛntliz kənvˈɪkʃən wʌz "ʌnsˈeɪf" ænd kwˈɑːʃt ɪt.
After a 45-year-long campaign, Bentley received a posthumous pardon in July 1998, when the Court of Appeal ruled that Bentley's conviction was "unsafe" and quashed it.