Cameron Pledges Pardons for ‘Outdated’ U.K. Gay-Sex Convictions
Alan Turing was a pioneering computer scientist who received a royal pardon for his 1952 conviction in 2013, 59 years after his death.
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U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to posthumously pardon people convicted of historic gay-sex offenses if his Conservative Party wins the May 7 general election.
The commitment, which closely matches one made by opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband in March, would erase the criminal records of people if their activities would no longer be offenses, the Tories said in their manifesto published Tuesday.