Turing refused a posthumous pardon

[kernowyon]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16919012

As one of those who called for the pardon for Alan Turing, I am very disappointed with the UK Government's stance on this.

[ElCuervo]

Thanks for your efforts. Nothing will reverse the barbaric treatment he received at the hands of government, and I, too am disappointed that it continues even this long after his death.

[Just18]

Would you then pardon everyone who was convicted under the same laws, or was this request for a pardon only to be for this particular person?

He was after all lawfully convicted at the time ....

[kernowyon]

Would you then pardon everyone who was convicted under the same laws, or was this request for a pardon only to be for this particular person?

He was after all lawfully convicted at the time ....

Yes I would. However, it would not be practical to discover the name of each person so convicted and perhaps Alan Turing could represent those others.

The refusal was based on the same logic - i.e he was guilty of something which was a crime at the time. However, the hounding of a man to the point at which he committed suicide should perhaps also be seen as a criminal act?

The previous UK Government apologised for the way Turing was treated - which, one would have hoped, should have lead to a pardon.

[Just18]

I see your point .....  but to pardon one person means that all others would have to be pardoned ....  which would require a general pardon .....  and then that would raise questions about other laws that were repealed or changed in the intervening time -- should everyone be pardoned? Would doing this cause some to bring law suits? Seems to me it could open a can of worms.

I do not see how it is workable.

All concerned were aware (or should have been) of the existence of the law at that time .....  regardless how one might view that law now, or how deserving any single person might be of a pardon from the present perspective.