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Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Gross Indecency or Buggery |
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2017 |
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United Kingdom |
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Pardoned Posthumously |
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"The United Kingdom posthumously pardoned about 49,000 males who were convicted of consensual homosexual activity that is no longer considered criminal. The pardons were included in the Policing and Crime Act 2017 that received Royal Assent on January 31, 2017. Men still alive who were convicted of the affected crimes can apply for a pardon." |
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"49,000 Men Posthumously Pardoned Of Homosexual Crimes In United Kingdom, By Hans Sherrer, Justice Denied, February 3, 2017" |
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http://justicedenied.org/wordpress/archives/3488 |
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Innocents Database Created and Maintained by Hans Sherrer innocents@forejustice.org