I've been reading about this and am puzzled as to why there's no mention of perjury. No matter the quality of the software, someone took the position in courts

I've been reading about this and am puzzled as to why there's no mention of perjury. No matter the quality of the software, someone took the position in courts that the software was essentially infallible and that is the real crime. Software flaws were not the reason that people were imprisoned and I think it's disingenuous of the BBC to report it that way (I do currently have several complaints against the BBC's reporting of LTNs and cycling waiting to be addressed). Edit: My ire may be misplaced - the BBC article is titled differently to the Hacker News description.