> "A computer can never be held accountable." cf the Post Office scandal in the UK which was partly helped along by the 1999 change in law[1] which repealed th

> "A computer can never be held accountable." cf the Post Office scandal in the UK which was partly helped along by the 1999 change in law[1] which repealed the 1984 stance that "computer evidence is not permissible unless it is shown to be working correctly at the time"[0]; i.e. that a computer was now presumed to be working correctly and it was up to the defence to prove otherwise. [0] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/69/1991-02-01 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/69/1991... [1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/section/60/1999-07-27 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/section/60/1999...