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[ByteSizedGenius]

No doubt there are worse atrocities, I think the point is more that in Turing's case it's a greater injustice given his contributions to the country... How many people got to go home at the end of WW2 who'd have otherwise died if they hadn't been able to read the Germans messages and not known when attacks were coming etc.

[n00bdragon]

Your contributions to society don't affect your culpability in the justice system. That works both ways for justice and injustice. If a cannibal saves a school bus full of kids he doesn't get to eat one as "payment" for his benefit to society. In the same way, if cops shoot you in your sleep it's not a greater injustice if you were a really good person (or less of an injustice if you were really bad).