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Podcast: The Post Office Horizon Scandal



In this episode, we look at the Post Office Horizon scandal, an app that caused what some people are describing as the largest miscarriage of justice in British legal history.
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We look at some bugs, the legal judgements and what might have gone wrong at the Post Office to allow things to go so off track. I analyse what we can learn from the disaster to help stop this from happening in our own projects.

The show notes and transcripts are available for free.

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