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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前

Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start”

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Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start”

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Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前

Software bugs were hidden from lawyers of wrongly convicted UK postal workers.

A lot of people in the UK prosecutors offices and post office management should be going to prison.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_Corpus_Act_1679

About 350 years ago.
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  Then how the fuck can hundreds be convicted just because database said so?
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    the legal system is for punishing uppity serfs, not resolving the truth
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    because UK law said that computer systems should be assumed to be working correctly, which is exactly as stupid as it sounds.
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      ?? How? When?
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        https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/12/update-law-on-computer-evidence-to-avoid-horizon-repeat-ministers-urged
        
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        How does the UK manage to be even worse than the US?
        
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        They are the source

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