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OT: Ala Turing Law Passed in UK

posted 8 years ago by GJSchear
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Thousands of gay men pardoned for past convictions

Alan Turing was pardoned in 2013, decades after his conviction for gross indecency
Thousands of gay and bisexual men found guilty of decades-old sexual offences in England and Wales have been posthumously pardoned.

The enactment by the government of the so-called Alan Turing law means about 49,000 men will be cleared of crimes of which they would be innocent today...

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38814338?post_id=1414670151879241_1414670221879234#_=_

https://rycardus.wordpress.com/2016/11/02/sherlock-and-the-sorcerer/

[–] roverpup 8 years ago

That is a step in the right direction to correct a historical and moral wrong.

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