Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing
75,000 men were convicted under the same law, of whom 26,000 are still alive. [1] Only Turing has been "pardoned".<p>My understanding [2] is that the "pardon" implies there was nothing wrong with the law as such, just that Turing is forgiven for having broken it. So while I guess this is better than nothing, I don't know if it's really the way to go about it.<p>[1] <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/text/130719-0001.htm#13071970000373" rel="nofollow">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201314/ldhansrd/t...</a><p>[2] I am not a lawyer, nor British, so give my understanding as much weight as it deserves...