There is that implication as well. There is also the implication (Turing again being used as the example) that only a famous person who contributed greatly to

There is that implication as well. There is also the implication (Turing again being used as the example) that only a famous person who contributed greatly to society is worthy of "forgiveness", and the government doesn't need to bother acknowledging that other "regular people" harmed under the same unjust law.