Alan Turing gets royal pardon for 'gross indecency' – 61 years after he poisoned himself

Sun, 29 Dec 2013 14:29:10 +1100

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/alan-turing-gets-royal-pardon-for-gross-indecency--61-years-after-he-poisoned-himself-9023116.html>

"The pardon comes after a change of heart by ministers who had
previously insisted that Turing was properly convicted of what at the
time was a criminal offence."

Finally!  Long overdue.  The actual pardon is here:
http://cryptome.org/2013/12/turing-pardon.pdf

Cheers,
        *** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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