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Fujitsu bugs that sent innocent people to prison were known “from the start” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by flop_leash_973@lemmy.world 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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[–] kamenoko@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

About 350 years ago.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] unreasonabro@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

the legal system is for punishing uppity serfs, not resolving the truth

[–] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

because UK law said that computer systems should be assumed to be working correctly, which is exactly as stupid as it sounds.