Thousands of gay men
could finally be
pardoned for
historical 'offences'
LONDON — Theresa May's government is "committed" to a law that would pardon
Thousands of gay men convicted under
historical gross indecency laws.*
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A spokesperson for Downing Street confirmed to
Mashable reports that the legislation, called the "Alan Turing law", would be introduced "in due course".*
Turing, a World War Two codebreaker, was
pardoned posthumously in 2013 after an official apology was made by Gordon Brown, then prime minister, in 2009. The mathematician had been convicted of gross indecency in 1952 after an affair with a 19-year-old man. He took his life two years later.*
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