No Pardon for Alan Turing

The British House of Lords issued a statement in their decline for a pardon for Alan Turing:

A posthumous pardon was not considered appropriate as Alan Turing was properly convicted of what at the time was a criminal offence. He would have known that his offence was against the law and that he would be prosecuted. It is tragic that Alan Turing was convicted of an offence which now seems both cruel and absurd-particularly poignant given his outstanding contribution to the war effort. However, the law at the time required a prosecution and, as such, long-standing policy has been to accept that such convictions took place and, rather than trying to alter the historical context and to put right what cannot be put right, ensure instead that we never again return to those times.

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I had heard of the accomplishments of Turing, but had never heard that he had been convicted of being homosexual.

What's interesting to me is how completely the attitudes of populations toward things can change, for good, or ill. It seems the objective facts in such things are irrelevant.

...I had heard of the accomplishments of Turing, but had never heard that he had been convicted of being homosexual.
What's interesting to me is how completely the attitudes of populations toward things can change, for good, or ill. It seems the objective facts in such things are irrelevant.

What is more interesting is that the loudest ones have being homosexual as their only accomplishment. At least, one never hears of their other accomplishments.

...I had heard of the accomplishments of Turing, but had never heard that he had been convicted of being homosexual.
What's interesting to me is how completely the attitudes of populations toward things can change, for good, or ill. It seems the objective facts in such things are irrelevant.

What is more interesting is that the loudest ones have being homosexual as their only accomplishment. At least, one never hears of their other accomplishments.

For a professional victim, being homosexual is their greatest accomplishment.

Nothing against homosexuals above, but rather against professional victims.

What about the people who, in previous centuries, were convicted of being witches and executed? Did they ever get pardons?

What about the people who, in previous centuries, were convicted of being witches and executed? Did they ever get pardons?

From hell there is no redemption, as Pope Paul III once observed. Only from the purgatory. And the witches were going to hell.

What about the people who, in previous centuries, were convicted of being witches and executed? Did they ever get pardons?

Joan of Arc got a pardon unfortunately it was years after her execution was carried out.

What about the people who, in previous centuries, were convicted of being witches and executed? Did they ever get pardons?

Actually http://www.scribd.com/doc/7745935/Exorcism-Salem-Pardons-Data