"Computer says guilty" - an introduction to the evidential presumption that computers are operating correctly
The first in a series of posts on the Post Office Horizon prosecutions scandal
Hasnain says:
“This means that a court can be satisfied that a relevant fact can be established just by computer records, unless there is evidence that the computer is not working properly.
And so when the computer record shows, for instance, a financial shortfall by postmaster or postmistress, the court will accept that as evidence of an actual shortfall - unless the defendant can show that the computer was not operating correctly.
In short, when the computer record is the essence of a prosecution case: computer says guilty.”
Posted on 2023-10-01T05:58:34+0000