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Jesus Malverde

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8. Parliamentarians decided they could not pardon someone for a crime that person had knowingly committ

Reply to dickthegrouch (Reply #7)

Sun Dec 29, 2013, 03:34 PM

Dec 2013

Last year, on Turing’s centenary, members of parliament introduced legislation to formally pardon him. It did not pass: Parliamentarians decided they could not pardon someone for a crime that person had knowingly committed, even if the government no longer considered the offending act criminal. As Brown wrote in 2009, Turing “was dealt with under the law of the time, and we can't put the clock back.”

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/alan-turings-body/282641/

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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

Parliamentarians decided they could not pardon someone for a crime that person had knowingly committ Jesus Malverde Dec 2013 #8

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