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Re:UK court clears post office staff convicted due to ‘corru... by ClumsyPilot on Friday April 23, 2021 @01:11PM (#26916868)
If their code is a mess and has errors, and there are people at post office that know this, they should be fined on the spot for false representation of contemp of the court.

If their system were up to date, written in a safe language, has unit tests and an independant review said it was solid, then it is just one acceptable piece of evidence.

What i dont get is - where was the money? Supposedly hundreds of people stoke huge amount of money, and none of them had it in a bank, bought a new car, or showed any signs of suddenly becoming wealthier. Where did the judge think the money go to, they ate it? How was this not suspicious?

Re:UK court clears post office staff convicted due to ‘corru... by LatteLazy on Friday April 23, 2021 @01:34PM (#26917106)
The amazing thing about these cases are exactly how many shitty things had to happen (and did) for this to occur. Like you say, where is the money? And why didn't anyone spot that more sub-post-masters were getting charged than almost all other employee types? Why didn't anyone manage to reproduce the error? Why did managers hide the reports (who does that?)?

I personally think this is partly down to the fact people don't get state defence lawyers anymore in the uk. You could accuse me of fraud with zero evidence and I likely would have to plead guilty as I don't have 20k for the down payment for a lawyer...

What a shit storm. Now watch as nothing changes...