At last

[Nick Deverill]

But there are an estimated 50000 others convicted of the same 'offence'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-25495315

(BBC report on posthumous pardon for Alan Turing.

[The Pecman]

Yes, this comes on the heels of actor Benedict Cumberbatch finishing up starring in the film The Imitation Game, where he portrays Turing. While the pardon came 60 years late, at least they can work it into a coda for the end of the movie version.

Turing was a great hero of Britain, breaking the Nazi Enigma coding scheme, and it was appalling what happened to him after his own government discovered he was gay. I don't doubt that the film will be really disturbing and sad to see...