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TWAndrews on Feb 6, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: UK government declines to pardon Alan Turing

"an apology and pardon would slightly clear the name of the Crown."

I think is is the same reason that they declined to issue the pardon. The ministers didn't feel it was appropriate to try and retroactively whitewash the actions of the crown and that it should continue to bear a stain for those actions.

droithomme on Feb 6, 2012 [–]

Thanks, that's very interesting. If so, then it's a reasonable and almost noble acceptance of responsibility.

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