...and those that actually did commit fraud would have been adding to the weight of opinion in the PO management that there was a considerably wider issue.
Even now, it would appear that PO management is of the view that a significant number of the prosecutions were "safe", being additionally supported by non-Horizon evidence.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/feb/22/post-office-said-last-month-it-stands-by-most-horizon-convictions
I think, given the furore about what happened, and the logistical difficulties of treating each case individually, that the mass exoneration is probably the most appropriate way forward, (certainly the quickest/easiest) but it will undoubtedly exonerate and compensate some who were guilty, and I certainly wouldn't rejoice about that.
Prior to Horizon, there were thousands of discrepancies each month, and a good number of those were pursued as embezzlement.
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