Alan Turing should be pardoned, argue Stephen Hawking and top scientists
►http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/dec/14/alan-turing-pardon-stephen-hawking
Alan Turing, the Enigma codebreaker who was convicted of homosexuality in 1952, should receive a posthumous pardon, Professor Stephen Hawking and other leading scientists have urged.
In a letter to the Daily Telegraph, Hawking, the world-renowned physicist, and 10 other signatories say David Cameron should “formally forgive” the mathematician.