As totally justified as it seems to be in this case, I find the points raised by lawyers about this concerning. Ultimately this is a case of the legislature overruling the judiciary with none of the process that the latter would typically require to make sure it is done properly.
Of course, this is such a gross miscarriage of justice that letting the convictions stand probably did more to undermine faith in the system. But I really wish this could have been sorted out without this breach of separation of powers.
So hopefully itv will make a show about every miscarriage of justice to right the system’s wrongs. I’m glad this is now taking place but I’m fuming it took an itv drama to get the ball rolling. The private eye has been on this saga for years.
The next itv drama should be about the Tories but I don't think there's enough airtime to get across all the fuck ups/corruption there's been over the last 13 years.
It's a bit late for some of the victims of this though, isn't it?
I remember hearing about the Horizon scandal a few years ago on some podcast. At the time, obviously, there was no justice for anybody who had been wronged. I believe at least one ex-postmaster committed suicide over it.
Sod the award. Overturning these convictions isn't going to undo the mental and physical toll this has taken on these innocent people. Every one of the executives who covered this up has blood on their hands. The rich never, ever face consequences for anything they do, no matter how cruel.
Amuses me that the papers are shouting "justice" over this.
Ooh, somebody had to hand back an award that meant fuck all anyway.
There won't be justice until the Post Office bosses are in jail. So I can boldly say there will never be justice.
