You Have to Do What You Have to Do

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A flawed software used by the Post Office falsely accused Postmasters of embezzlement, exposing the justice system’s inadequacies.

A man’s gotta do what a man’s gotta do

idiom saying

Said to mean that you will do whatever you have to do, even if it is difficult or dangerous

Said of any task or obligation that one must undertake or go through with, especially when it is difficult, unpleasant, undesirable, inconvenient, etc.

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By the skin of your

Money makes the

Against All Odds

A wild goose chase

Without batting an eye

‘A justice system not good enough to do the job’

A recent example: ‘The Post Office Wrongfully Conviction Scandal’

Flawed software was used by the Post Office,

making it appear as if the Post Office Masters were embezzling funds.

Consequently, some individuals received criminal convictions and were sent to prison. People were bankrupted over money that was allegedly stolen, only to later discover that the software installed on the Post Office Management system was fundamentally flawed, and no money had been embezzled.

Furthermore, the providers of this software, along with certain individuals within the Post Office, knew about its flaws but continued a campaign of hounding Post Office Masters and Mistresses.

This resulted in people going to prison, incurring substantial debts, and, in some instances, tragically taking their own lives.

The repercussions of these events continue to reverberate, and given the number of people affected by both unnecessary civil judgments and criminal sanctions, resulting from this situation, it could arguably be considered the greatest miscarriage of justice that the UK has ever witnessed.

Timeline

  • The Horizon accounting system, developed by Fujitsu and used by the Post Office, was introduced in the early 2000s to manage financial transactions at post offices across the UK.
  • The campaign for justice began in 2010 and the High Court ruling occurred in 2019.
  • Following the High Court ruling, the UK government ordered a public inquiry to investigate the Horizon scandal further and to understand the extent of the wrongful convictions.

It was already known in 2007

that the real problem was a bug in the software system.

Against all odds

The way the postmasters and mistresses were treated is an appalling miscarriage of justice in Great Britain.

Around 700 Post Office workers were wrongfully convicted, and some were sent to prison, for theft and false accounting due to the faulty software, Horizon.

Many still haven’t received compensation, despite going to prison or having community service sentences, with the cases constituting Britain’s most widespread miscarriage of justice.

“We Basically Planned Our Suicide” – Post Office Worker On How Scandal ‘Ruined Her Life’

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31 aug 2023

Nicola Arch, who was wrongly accused of stealing money while working for the Post Office, tells Jeremy Kyle the ordeal made her cancel her wedding and even plan to take her own life.

She’s joined by author and campaigner Nick Wallis to speak about how around 700 Post Office workers were wrongfully convicted, and some sent to prison, for theft and false accounting due to the faulty software, Horizon.

Many still haven’t received compensation, despite going to prison or having community service sentences, with the cases constituting Britain’s most widespread miscarriage of justice.

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Radiology reception staff training video. this wouldn’t happen at the royale.
The blind leading the blind

Blind Man Burned House Prank

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Poor blind man asks good Samaritans if they will help him get in a taxi cab and take him home after a long, relaxing vacation in Hawaii. Unfortunately, when he arrives, all he finds is the ruins of his old house, covered in ashes and soot. There must have been a terrible fire when he was away, and everything has been burnt to the ground from the flames! But the blind man doesn’t seem too disturbed. He takes a seat in his regular LA-Z-Boy armchair and cannot for the life of him understand why the prank victims are so upset.

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Current Page

By the skin of your

Money makes the

Against All Odds

A wild goose chase

Without batting an eye