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Alan Turing gets a belated apology

A determined petition campaign has finally achieved its goal: the British government has apologized for its treatment of Alan Turing. "Thousands of people have come together to demand justice for Alan Turing and recognition of the appalling way he was treated. While Turing was dealt with under the law of the time and we can’t put the clock back, his treatment was of course utterly unfair and I am pleased to have the chance to say how deeply sorry I and we all are for what happened to him." Congratulations to all the people who worked to bring a small bit of late justice to an important figure in our field.

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