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Postmasters were prosecuted using unreliable evidence (bbc.co.uk)
6 points by afandian on June 8, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments


The latest salvo in a case that has been rumbling on for years. A salutory lesson for all of us. Big integration projects are complex and difficult, and will more that likely have critical holes. Don't put too much confidence in systems that weren't rigorously engineered. Lives were destroyed over this.


The problem seems less about software failing (which is expected) but the fact that certain people lied about it not being able to fail most likely to protect their own asses and that caused a miscarriage of justice. These people should rot in jail.




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