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Why not do it all in a single bill? They could still make him a figure head, even name the bill after him and include a specific point about pardoning him, but
by corin_ 13y ago
Why not do it all in a single bill? They could still make him a figure head, even name the bill after him and include a specific point about pardoning him, but include everyone else too.
If this ends up getting through all the stages and they then want to do the same for everyone else, at the very least it's a waste of time going through the stages again (if there's no more debate), or if there is still debate then even more time wasted.
The only reason not to include it in this bill, if that is their long-term plan, is if they think it is more likely to pass with just one name, which seems odd to me.
- stickydink 13y agoThat's exactly what they're doing. A bill that would pardon 75,000 men, including 16,000 who are still alive. It would be named the "Alan Turing Bill".
- corin_ 13y agoIt's not what they're doing yet, the current bill is specific to one person.
- priteau 13y agoThe 16,000 alive can apply for pardon, but it's most likely not automatic, I guess their case must be reviewed. The government didn't want to allow pardon to the dead because they said that in some cases they couldn't know that these homosexual acts were consensual and not under age. The Lord presenting the bill is advocating for rehabilitation of the dead if there is enough evidence available, and he hopes the Turing bill (which will pardon only Alan Turing) is a first step towards allowing pardon for the 59,000 convicted who are now dead.