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> But that it took 20 fucking years to correct while the broken software continued to be used is just indescribable, and absolutely not the fault of any software but the result of human choices

100% agree. Managers who were in charge of these choices should be convicted.

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If the ITV show is factually accurate, looks like the managers knowingly tried to send innocent people to prison to cover their own careers and reputation.

They should have the book thrown at them.

That’s the crux of the scandal. The Post Office had experts claim under oath that ‘horizon is faultless and fit for purpose’. Mounting evidence shows that these experts were evidently aware that they were lying and so the scandal is taking on a new turn. Police are investigating the perjury that might have contributed to the prosecution’s by the PO. I want to see key people at the PO sent the jail in the same manner any one else who perjured themselves would be. It appears that some power politics went on in the background that either covered up the scandal, or could have ended it early, but turned a blind eye.

> If the ITV show is factually accurate, looks like the managers knowingly tried to send innocent people to prison to cover their own careers and reputation.

There is plenty of strong evidence that this is the case. Stronger than the evidence used against the post workers accused. Take note that no one is threatening the show runners with libel actions & such…

> They should have the book thrown at them.

And thrown hard. This is not a set of honest mistakes, but a protracted campaign to pervert the course of justice.

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