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Shouldn't all people punished under criminalization of homosexuality be retrospectively pardoned?
by tome 13y ago
Shouldn't all people punished under criminalization of homosexuality be retrospectively pardoned?
- Uhhrrr 13y agoEspecially if the House of Lords is deciding the issue!
- jacobwcarlson 13y agoThe idea is that by not changing bad decisions made in the past, those mistakes aren't forgotten or brushed under the rug.
- jlgreco 13y agoIs it really credible that giving a pardon to all those persecuted under homosexuality laws would make us forget our shameful past? That does not seem credible to me, that just seems like a haphazard excuse.
- corin_ 13y agoIf anything I would have thought it does that opposite, as anyone who hears about the pardon is just reminded of the terrible things that happened.
- DanBC 13y agoThis is possibly why Turing isn't pardoned - it'll open the doors for all the (living) homosexuals who were convicted to make compensation claims.
- Recoil42 13y agoAnd they should be able to do exactly that.
- autodidakto 13y agoAnd the fact that haven't means it isn't about justice after all.
- tarice 13y agoListening to the video, I believe one of the lords mentioned they had done just that - pardon all the people convicted by that law who were still alive today. I'll try to find a news reference. The question, now, is whether to posthumously pardon the others. Update: Found an article. Turns out they haven't been pardoned, but their convictions are now "disregarded" and no longer appear on their criminal record[1]. [1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/historic-convictions-for-consensual-acts-to-be-deleted https://www.gov.uk/government/news/historic-convictions-for-...
- DanBC 13y agoThank you! I wasn't aware of this. It would be good if they went further and pardoned people.