British Post Office Scandal

Post by jack_riminton » Thu, Jan 11, 2024, 11:08 AM UTC

planede wrote: post #37

HatchedLake721 wrote: post #26

BBC explains why it’s hard to overturn the convictions: The scale of the Post Office scandal means that there are no easy and quick solutions for the government. Ministers could advise the King to grant Royal Pardons, once reserved for the condemned as they faced the gallows. But these would be largely symbolic acts because the government can't, at the stroke of a pen, quash a conviction. That’s because the courts ar…

Couldn't the parliament pass some generic law that could make the work easier? It's clear that many people are convicted on the basis of evidence coming from the same faulty source, yet the convictions need to be reviewed case-by-case. The goal could be to reduce this friction for similar scenarios, not just for the Horizon convictions.

Post by qingcharles » Mon, Jan 15, 2024, 12:00 AM UTC

123pie123 wrote: post #111

red_admiral wrote: post #101

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm mostly with you on that one, but private prosecutors still have to get the case past a judge (and often a jury too), and convince them beyond reasonable doubt. In this particular case that clearly wasn't a sufficient safeguard, but in general, private prosecutions have their place.

this is what i don't understand how did they get convicted with flimsy evidence? why is no one in the post office or fujitsu (including the directors) being prosecuted