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Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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A lot of people in the UK prosecutors offices and post office management should be going to prison.

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[–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Does the UK not have habeus corpus?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Then how the fuck can hundreds be convicted just because database said so?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child)

    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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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    ?? How? When?

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