Rejected petition Alan Turing should be pardoned for his Gross Indecency charge

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Alan Turing should be pardoned for his Gross Indecency charge.

Indeed, he should also be granted some description of medal.

Not only for his wartime work at the Bletchley Park, but also for laying the ground work of computer science.

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Date submitted 7 February 2012
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