Women in England and Wales to get gay-conviction pardons for first time
Offences sometimes used to criminalise behaviour between gay men will also be included in the scheme - "solicitation by men", for example, which essentially criminalised one man "chatting up" another, the Home Office says.
But pardons will be granted only if certain conditions are met, such as the sexual activity is not an offence today.shows. More than 400 people's applications have been rejected because their convictions were not covered by the scheme.World War Two code breaker Alan Turing was given a posthumous pardon, in 2013
Jo Easton, chief executive of Unlock, a charity for people with criminal records, said the expansion was "an important step". "We firmly believe people should not have to apply to have their record wiped of things that are quite rightly no longer offences," she said. Those who successfully apply will have their convictions deleted from official records and no longer be required to disclose them during court proceedings or when applying for jobs.Those who may be eligible
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