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No he wasn't. He died before the appeal was finished so the conviction was vacated.
by tiahura 4y ago
No he wasn't. He died before the appeal was finished so the conviction was vacated.
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- RC_ITR 4y agoWhat I love about Hacker News is that a person can be convicted of a crime, die while still convicted of that crime, but then have the conviction thrown out after they have left this mortal plane and someone will still be like "Ummm actually he was never convicted of any crimes" I guess I'm glad that Alan Turing was never convicted of 'Gross Indecency' then! Makes the UK look a lot more progressive!
- tzs 4y agoFor those curious how that works see [1]. How common is this? I don’t recall ever hearing about it, even though I went to law school. I don’t know if I just forgot about or it just never came up. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatement_ab_initio https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abatement_ab_initio