Article 1YPV6 Turing's law: UK to retroactively pardon thousands of men prosecuted for having sex with men

Turing's law: UK to retroactively pardon thousands of men prosecuted for having sex with men

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Cory Doctorow
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When the Crown pardoned codebreaking war-hero and computer science pioneer Alan Turing in 2013, we noted that 50,000 other British men who were also convicted of "sodomy" remained criminals in the eyes of the law. (more")

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