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1. A pardon...

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 01:35 AM

Dec 2013

How about admitting they were wrong and quash the sentences of the 75k+ people who were tortured under this law.

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Alan Turing's pardon is wrong [View all] Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 OP

A pardon... uriel1972 Dec 2013 #1

Yep. It's half measures. Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #2

Stupid! Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #3

true. they were all innocent. Deep13 Dec 2013 #4

While in principle this is correct, in practice, I'm not sure closeupready Dec 2013 #5

I don't see a pardon as a "fitting tribute." At a minimum, Eleanors38 Dec 2013 #6

I agree, the fitting tribute would be a posthumous Knighthood dickthegrouch Dec 2013 #7

Parliament should be lecturing the Vatican about Gallileo, then. closeupready Dec 2013 #9

It is NOT wrong. Fearless Dec 2013 #10

+ fucking 1! Behind the Aegis Dec 2013 #11