article_snippet: Alan Turing, the Second World War codebreaker, was convicted of homosexual activity in 1952 but given a posthumous royal pardon 15 months ago.
article_snippet: Under a law passed by the coalition government, anyone still alive who has a conviction or caution for consensual gay sex can apply to the Home Office to have historic gay sex 'offences' like the World War Two hero Alan Turing removed from consensual gay sex records.
article_snippet: Miliband said: ‘I think it’s worth saying that we do want to extend the principles being applied to Alan Turing and Alan Turing family, to be able to say to others who were convicted of a criminal offence simply because of the person that they loved – whether they are alive or no longer alive – that we can get a pardon for they.
article_snippet: I think it’s right what’s been done in relation to Alan Turing and Alan Turing family, but there are also other families that will have had relatives who were convicted, as I say, simply because of the person other families that will have had relatives who were convicted, as I say love. '
article_snippet: Last week relatives of the mathematician and codebreaker delivered a petition to Downing Street calling for all those convicted under anti-gay laws to be pardoned.
article_snippet: Turing underwent ‘chemical castration’ as part of he sentence and he conviction led to the removal of he security clearance and meant he was no longer able to work for GCHQ.
article_snippet: In 2013 Turing was granted a royal pardon after a request from Justice Secretary Chris Grayling.
article_snippet: Cumberbatch said: ‘Turing was not only prosecuted, but quite arguably persuaded to end Turing own life early, by a society who called Turing a criminal for simply seeking out the love Turing deserved, as all human beings do.
highlights_snippet: Relatives of gay WW2 codebreaker Alan Turing petitioned  Downing Street .
  
highlights_snippet: Alan Turing was prosecuted for being gay but Alan Turing was  pardoned in 2013 .
  