Edith Thompson: Hanged woman’s case denied pardon bid – BBC News

‘The case of a woman hanged over 100 years ago for the murder of her husband does not meet the requirements for a royal pardon, a commission has ruled.’

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BBC News, 28th February 2024

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Women to get gay-conviction pardons for first time – BBC News

‘Women convicted of offences related to being gay can apply to have their convictions removed, under an expansion of the government’s pardon scheme.’

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BBC News, 13th June 2023

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Edith Thompson: Commission to re-examine hanged woman’s case – BBC News

‘The case of a woman who was hanged 100 years ago for the murder of her husband is to be reviewed as a potential miscarriage of justice.’

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BBC News, 7th March 2023

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Pardons extended to all abolished same-sex crimes – BBC News

Posted January 4th, 2022 in homosexuality, news, pardons, sexual offences by tracey

‘More people will be eligible for a pardon for historical criminal convictions relating to homosexual activity, the government has said.’

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BBC News, 4th January 2022

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Murderer who tackled London Bridge terrorist with narwhal tusk could be freed within weeks – The Independent

Posted July 5th, 2021 in murder, news, pardons, terrorism by tracey

‘A convicted murderer who tackled the London Bridge terrorist could be freed from prison within weeks after being pardoned by the Queen.’

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The Independent, 4th July 2021

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Alan Turing law: Gay, unjustly convicted – and now denied a pardon – BBC News

‘Two years ago the “Turing law” was passed to right a historic injustice by pardoning gay men convicted in the past because of their sexuality. But fewer than 200 living people have had their convictions wiped out so far. What’s going wrong?’

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BBC News, 30th September 2019

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Decriminalising homosexuality: An apology at last – BBC News

Posted April 10th, 2017 in homosexuality, news, pardons, sexual offences by sally

‘It has been 50 years since the Sexual Offences Act decriminalised private homosexual acts between men aged over 21 in England and Wales, in 1967.’

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BBC News, 10th April 2017

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Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of long-abolished sexual offences are posthumously pardoned – The Independent

Posted February 1st, 2017 in homosexuality, news, pardons, sexual offences by tracey

‘Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of now-abolished sexual offences have been posthumously pardoned.
Dubbed the “Alan Turing law”, it will in effect act as an apology to those convicted for consensual same-sex relationships before homosexuality was decriminalised in England and Wales in 1967.’

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The Independent, 31st January 2017

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‘Turing Bill’ for gay pardons fails in Parliament – BBC News

Posted October 24th, 2016 in bills, criminal records, homosexuality, news, pardons, sexual offences by michael

‘A bill that would have wiped clean the criminal records of thousands of gay men has fallen at its first parliamentary hurdle.’

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BBC News, 21st October 2016

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Minister unveils plans to pardon thousands under ‘Turing’s Law’ – Ministry of Justice

Posted October 20th, 2016 in bills, crime, criminal records, homosexuality, pardons, press releases by tracey

‘Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted of now abolished sexual offences will be posthumously pardoned, Justice Minister Sam Gyimah announced.’

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Ministry of Justice, 20th October 2016

Source: www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-justice

‘Alan Turing law’ unveiled by government will posthumously pardon thousands of gay men convicted of historic offences – The Independent

Posted October 20th, 2016 in crime, criminal records, homosexuality, news, pardons by tracey

‘Thousands of gay and bisexual men convicted under outdated gross indecency laws are to be posthumously pardoned, the Government has announced, in a “momentous” victory for campaigners.’

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The Independent, 19th October 2016

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Government ‘committed’ to Alan Turing gay pardon law – BBC News

Posted September 22nd, 2016 in homosexuality, news, pardons by sally

‘Proposals to introduce new legislation which would pardon gay men convicted under historical gross indecency laws will be brought forward “in due course”, the government has said.’

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BBC News, 22nd September 2016

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Alan Turing: the stain should not be erased – Head of Legal

Posted July 23rd, 2013 in bills, homosexuality, news, pardons by tracey

“The government has said it will support Lord Sharkey’s bill aimed at giving a posthumous statutory pardon to Alan Turing for an offence under section 11 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885. I need say nothing about Turing’s achievements and greatness, which are beyond dispute. He was treated with disgraceful cruelty and ingratitude by this country, and in particular by its law and criminal justice system, when he was convicted and sentenced for that offence, after which he took his own life. But I’m opposed to this bill and this pardon.”

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Head of Legal, 22nd July 2013

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Enigma codebreaker Alan Turing to receive posthumous pardon for homosexuality conviction – The Independent

Posted July 22nd, 2013 in bills, homosexuality, news, pardons, parliament, retrospectivity, sexual offences by sally

“The Government says it will not oppose a parliamentary bill that would quash the 1952 ‘gross indecency’ conviction.”

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The Independent, 20th July 2013

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Parliamentary bill launched for Alan Turing pardon – The Guardian

Posted July 25th, 2012 in bills, homosexuality, news, pardons by tracey

“The campaign to win a pardon for the UK’s computer genius Alan Turing has been stepped up by the introduction today of a Private Members Bill in the House of Lords.”

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The Guardian, 25th July 2012

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Britain’s ‘last witch’: Campaign to pardon Helen Duncan – BBC News

Posted June 18th, 2012 in judicial review, news, pardons, witchcraft by sally

“Campaigners looking to clear the name of Britain’s last convicted witch may apply for a judicial review.”

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BBC News, 15th June 2012

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Dr Crippen’s relative fails in bid to secure pardon – BBC News

Posted December 8th, 2009 in murder, news, pardons by sally

“A distant US relative of Dr Hawley Crippen, executed in London in 1910 for murdering his wife, has failed … to secure a posthumous pardon for him.”

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BBC News, 7th December 2009

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Michael Shields: statement by the Justice Secretary – Ministry of Justice

Posted September 10th, 2009 in attempted murder, attempts, murder, pardons, press releases by sally

“The Justice Secretary Jack Straw has made a statement about Michael Shields.”

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Ministry of Justice, 9th September 2009

Source: www.justice.gov.uk

Justice Secretary pardons Shields – BBC News

Posted September 9th, 2009 in attempted murder, attempts, murder, news, pardons by sally

“Liverpool fan Michael Shields has been pardoned by Justice Secretary Jack Straw.”

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BBC News, 9th September 2009

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Begging Jack Straw’s lack of pardons – The Guardian

Posted July 6th, 2009 in news, pardons by sally

“Two decisions by Jack Straw last week, two men kept in prison. Ronnie Biggs and Michael Shields were not linked, nor did the cases raise similar issues, but the timing made it only too easy to portray Straw as hard-hearted and cynical, his decisions based on political grounds and/or the desire to court the public.”

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The Guardian, 6th July 2009

Source: www.guardian.co.uk