Alan Turing, here aged 16, was pardoned for gross indecency in 2013 SHERBORNE SCHOOL/AFP/Getty ImagesScots who were convicted under laws that criminalised homosexuality should be pardoned, the Scottish government has been told. Labour and the Liberal Democrats yesterday called on the SNP government to explore legal options to quash the convictions and cautions issued to people for now-abolished gay sexual offences and issue pardons. The UK government has announced that gay and bisexual men convicted of such offences in England and Wales are to receive posthumous pardons. Thousands of men still alive will also become eligible for pardons through the “disregard process”, clearing their name and criminal record. A private member’s bill, dubbed the…

Source: The Times October 21, 2016 23:26 UTC