The tragic case of Alan Turing, the British computer wizard credited
with leading the team that cracked Nazi Germany's Enigma code, may bring
a final pardon to 49,000 men, 15,000 who are still living, convicted
under Britain's former anti-homosexuality laws.A petition posted by Turing's family on Change.org, which so far has garnered 533,944 signatures, asks the government to "pardon all of the estimated 49,000 men who, like Alan Turing, were convicted of consenting same-sex relations under the British 'gross indecency' law (only repealed in 2003), and also all the other men convicted under other UK anti-gay laws."
