Many more Turings to get UK pardon
Sources close to the Prime Minister confirmed that her government is “committed†to introducing the legislation
London: Theresa May’s government is committed to introducing an ‘Alan Turing law’ and will, in due course, pardon thousands of gay men convicted under historic gross indecency crimes. Sources close to the Prime Minister confirmed that her government is “committed” to introducing the legislation, which will effectively act as an apology while the ministry of justice added they would “now find the right legislative vehicle to push this through”.
“This government is committed to introducing posthumous pardons for people with certain historical sexual offence convictions who would be innocent of any crime now. We will bring forward our proposals in due course,” a government spokesperson added. Mr Turing, the Enigma code breaker responsible for decrypting Nazi messages, was granted a posthumous royal pardon in 2013 — 61 years after he was charged at Manchester police station over homosexual activity.