A Bill to give a statutory pardon to Alan Mathison Turing for offences under Section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 of which he was convicted on 31 March 1952.
House of Lords
15 May 2014
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Alan Turing, a renowned mathematician and code-breaker, was convicted in 1952 under the 1885 act for homosexual acts. The Bill would grant him a statutory, legally binding pardon, effectively acknowledging the injustice of that conviction and formally clearing his name. It began in the Lords and has now moved to the Commons for consideration.
The bill has completed its passage in the Lords and has been introduced to the Commons, where it is currently at the 2nd reading stage.
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This Bill has been withdrawn and will not progress any further.
The Bill completed its House of Lords stages on 30 October 2013 and was presented to the House of Commons on the same day.
The second reading was expected on 28 February 2014 but the Bill was withdrawn.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
