>> Statistically there must have been a significant number of genuine fraudsters convicted. Fraud has always
>> been present in the Post Office and indeed the reduction of such fraud was one
>> of the reasons why the new computer system was introduced. A local postmaster here was
>> jailed in the mid eighties for fraud.
I am sure that amongst the group "pardon" there will have been some who were actually guilty.
It is unclear is how many of these would likely be included in the ~900 cases - but I suspect a small minority. Those wrongly convicted have waited an intolerable length of time for justice.
Absolution of the genuinely guilty is a price justified by swift resolution for those wrongly convicted .
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