Pardons extended for historical criminal convictions relating to homosexual activity
6 Jan 2022
The Government has announced that there will be an extension to the changes made in 2012 so that more people will be eligible for a pardon for historical criminal convictions relating to homosexual activity. Anyone convicted or cautioned for consensual homosexual activity, under now-abolished laws, can apply to have them “disregarded”. The convictions would be wiped from record and an automatic pardon given.
In the future, the scheme will encompass any repealed or abolished civilian or military offence which was imposed on someone purely for, or due to, consensual same-sex sexual activity.
The amendment will also enable those who have died prior to the amendment coming into force, and within a year after the amendment comes into force, to be posthumously pardoned.
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