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Former Post Office General Counsel Refuses to Cooperate with Inquiry
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- nonrandomstring 2y agoWhatever the outcome of the inquiry, and whatever compensation is dispensed, the same problem will occur again and again so long as British law remains fundamentally broken. The root cause of this - a quite insane presumption of the "correctness of computing" - has been mocked by all respectable computer scientists and software engineers. As reported in Nature, the likelihood of this leading to further injustice and similar scandals is certain, and with "AI" they will get more frequent and damaging.
- chrisjj 2y ago> The root cause of this - a quite insane presumption of the "correctness of computing" That's only a default. The true root cause is surely whatever led the judges to permit concealment of evidence for the counter-argument. See "The justice system’s role in non disclosure of Horizon material" https://www.thejusticegap.com/the-justice-systems-role-in-non-disclosure-of-horizon-material/ https://www.thejusticegap.com/the-justice-systems-role-in-no...
- nonrandomstring 2y agoThanks for this link. very helpful!
- JSDevOps 2y agoBecause it would almost guarantee jail time for her and many many others from directors, to project managers they deserve to be asset stripped and jail sentences. Fraud. Mismanagement of public funds. Misappropriation. Perjury. Take your pick.
- chrisjj 2y agoIf she thinks being abroad will protect her from jail time, she may have a surprise coming.