Thousands call for Turing apology
Alan Turning was a brilliant British mathematician and groundbreaking computer scientist. He is best known for being a code-breaker during World War II. But he was prosecuted in 1952 after admitting that he had a sexual relationship with a man. He lost his security clearance. He was 'treated' with chemical castration. Two years after the prosecution, he killed himself.
The call for an apology and posthumous pardon was begun by computer scientist John Graham-Cumming. He has also asked that Turing be knighted posthumously. I say, yes, it is about time.
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