Monday, 23 December 2013

Royal pardon for codebreaker Alan Turing



Computer pioneer and codebreaker Alan Turing has been given a posthumous royal pardon. It overturns his 1952 conviction for homosexuality for which he was punished by being chemically castrated. via Pocket http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315#TWEET993634

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