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| Author: | JimD [ 24 Dec 13, 0:40 ] |
| Post subject: | Alan Turing gets his royal pardon for 'gross indecency' |
He was the father of modern computing whose work on the Enigma code at Bletchley Park is said to have shortened the Second World War. But he was also gay and in those less enlightened times was chemically castrated by an ungrateful nation after being convicted of “gross indecency” with a man in 1952. Now, nearly 60 years after his suicide from cyanide poisoning at the age of 41, Alan Turing has been officially pardoned by the Queen under the little-known Royal Prerogative of Mercy. Independent |
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| Author: | Madeline [ 27 Dec 13, 0:49 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Alan Turing gets his royal pardon for 'gross indecency' |
Peter G Tatchell huffingtonpost Human rights campaigner Alan Turing: Was He Murdered By the Security Services? |
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