Alan Turing law (UK informal term for pardons of men convicted under historical anti-homosexuality laws)

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The Alan Turing law is an informal term for UK legislation that posthumously and retrospectively pardons men convicted under outdated laws criminalizing homosexual acts.

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instanceOf informal term ⓘ
nickname for legislation ⓘ
appliesTo historical offences that are no longer crimes ⓘ
men convicted of consensual homosexual acts under now-repealed laws ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England and Wales ⓘ
Northern Ireland ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
associatedWith LGBT rights movement ⓘ
surface form: LGBT rights movement in the United Kingdom

campaigns for pardons for men convicted of homosexual offences ⓘ
basedOn legislation granting pardons for historical homosexual offences ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
excludes offences that would still be crimes under current law ⓘ
hasCategory Human rights in the United Kingdom ⓘ
LGBT rights legislation in the United Kingdom ⓘ
Legal history of the United Kingdom ⓘ
Pardons ⓘ
hasEffect enables living individuals to have certain historical convictions disregarded ⓘ
pardons deceased men convicted of consensual homosexual acts ⓘ
legalStatus informal designation ⓘ
motivatedBy recognition of injustice of historical anti-homosexuality laws ⓘ
namedAfter Alan Turing ⓘ
namedForReason Alan Turing was posthumously pardoned for a historical homosexual offence ⓘ
refersTo posthumous pardons for men convicted under historical anti-homosexuality laws ⓘ
retrospective pardons for men convicted under historical anti-homosexuality laws ⓘ
subjectHasRole LGBT history in the United Kingdom ⓘ
LGBT rights ⓘ
criminal justice reform ⓘ
posthumous pardon ⓘ

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Alan Turing → honouredIn → Alan Turing law (UK informal term for pardons of men convicted under historical anti-homosexuality laws) ⓘ