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Newsnight

when he was released. this whole case changed when new dna evidence emerged that links the crime to a completely different man. so, from the jail mr malcolm applied to the criminal cases review commission, the body that investigates miscarriages ofjustice. they rejected his application twice. their apology is significant, it's the first time they have put their hand up and said yes, we made terrible mistakes in this case. it's interesting they haven't published any deal tales of their report today, because there is a big public inquiry due to start next year so the commission doesn't want its findings today, which may be critical of the police for example, to influence the public inquiry yet to influence the public inquiry yet to come. mr melkersen said the apology is too late, it's added to his mental turmoil as he com continues his fight for accountability for what was done to him. , ., ., ., ~' i., china's economy grew much

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Newsday

other side already have. this may seem like a side story to the post office scandal, but for the lawyers who are calling for change, there is a pressing need for the presumption that computer evidence is correct to be urgently reviewed, to avoid the risk of yet more miscarriages ofjustice. how many conservative mps don't have confidence in rishi sunak�*s approach to illegal migration and his latest rwanda legislation? well, we should find out this week. if mps on the right of the tory party fail to make his plans to stop the boats any tighter or tougher in the coming 2a hours or so with various amendments, will they really vote against it on wednesday night when the vote in the commons is due? as you can see, the times tomorrow has details of what the prime minister is planning. nick's here — what are you hearing? her depth and this is absolute corruption

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Newsnight

was responsible for the shortfalls. in courts in england and wales, evidence produced by computers is treated as reliable unless other evidence suggests otherwise. we know that hundreds of subpostmasters were wrongly prosecuted. in those prosecutions the post office relied on the presumption in law that the computers were operating correctly. in 2006, i was taken to the high court and found liable for a loss in my post office accounts, and that was because the assumption of the computer working correctly, and i didn't have the proof or the knowledge or the skills to prove otherwise. now, newsnight has learnt that in 2020, a group of it and legal experts raised concerns about that presumption with the government, saying that it could lead to further miscarriages ofjustice. the document, signed by several professors and barristers, were sent to alex chalk, the nowjustice secretary, but back then a junior minister, and it spells out a clear argument for a change in the

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Newsnight

it's very difficult for anybody to prove something when you don't have that disclosure and all of that information that the technical other side already have. this may seem like a side story to the post office scandal, but for the lawyers who are calling for change, there is a pressing need for the presumption that computer evidence is correct to be urgently reviewed, to avoid the risk of yet more miscarriages ofjustice. how many conservative mps don't have confidence in rishi sunak�*s approach to illegal migration and his latest rwanda legislation? well, we should find out this week. if mps on the right of the tory party fail to make his plans to stop the boats any tighter or tougher in the coming 2a hours or so with various amendments, will they really vote against it on wednesday night when the vote in the commons is due? as you can see, the times tomorrow has details of what the prime minister is planning. nick's here — what are you hearing? her depth and this is absolute corruption

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Newsday

governance we've had, these institutions have been constantly weakening. he has taken advantage from that. but all the problems are not only because of this group, but also 21 other organisations that are fighting for the territory. ecuador is quite a strategic place because of its geographical location. it facilitates a lot, sending drugs to the us or to europe and other businesses in high demand. a lot of groups are fighting to control the regions on the different channels of distribution.— on the different channels of distribution. the gift of much forjoining — distribution. the gift of much forjoining us. _ distribution. the gift of much forjoining us, domenica. - to the uk, where a scandal involving the post office has dominated the headlines for the past week — thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has promised new legislation to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly

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Newsday

gangs and make conditions harsher. there are a lot of people who would say that there was some indication that something terrible was going to happen in ecuador because this violence has been building and building. nevertheless, they did not expected be quite so large or quite so a co—ordinated, apparently co—ordinated, apparently co—ordinated across the country. co-ordinated across the country-— co-ordinated across the count . . , ., country. that was will grant reporting — country. that was will grant reporting bear. _ here in the uk, a scandal involving the post office has dominated the headlines for the past week, thanks to a tv drama. the prime minister has promised new legislation, to make sure that hundreds of post office branch managers convicted in one of the biggest miscarriages ofjustice the uk has ever seen are swiftly exonerated and compensated. political addo—carr chris mason has more. —— political editor. four nights of drama

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BBC News

of the uk's worst miscarriages ofjustice resumes as hundreds of sub postmasters wrongly convicted of fraud are to have their convictions overturned. and last year's record—breaking heat is found to have significantly impacted the global water cycle by exercerbating severe storms and developing droughts faster. hello, i'm samantha simmonds, welcome to the programme. the international court ofjustice is holding the first hearing today, where it will consider whether israel is committing genocide against the palestinians in gaza. south africa brought the case to the court. israel has forcefully rejected the accusation, claiming it's acting in self—defence.

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Breakfast

few cases but there is no doubt there are some, a third of the claims that were made to the criminal cases review commission which reviews suspected miscarriages ofjustice up to last september were rejected on the basis that these were not appropriate cases to be referred to the court of appeal. in referred to the court of appeal. in terms of time, there is an implication that most of these cases, the compensation, is expected to be paid out by the end of this year. does that sound realistic? with this legal framework, this change, does that seem realistic to you? i change, does that seem realistic to ou? ~' ., , ~' you? i think it does. i think the ruestion you? i think it does. i think the question is— you? i think it does. i think the question is whether _ you? i think it does. i think the question is whether people i you? i think it does. i think the question is whether people are j question is whether people are prepared to accept the £600,000 on offerfor people wrongly prepared to accept the £600,000 on offer for people wrongly convicted or whether they want to argue that it should be more. if they take the money on offer it will be quicker. the legislation will take a few weeks to draft. it isn't easy to deal with it. how do you decide who it covers? you could say everybody who was convicted who worked for the

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BBC News at One

faulty computer system was installed. , , ., faulty computer system was installed-— installed. this is one of the greatest — installed. this is one of the greatest miscarriages - installed. this is one of the greatest miscarriages of. installed. this is one of the - greatest miscarriages ofjustice in our nations history. it greatest miscarriages of 'ustice in our nations history._ our nations history. it was only this week. _ our nations history. it was only this week, almost _ our nations history. it was only this week, almost a _ our nations history. it was only this week, almost a quarter. our nations history. it was only this week, almost a quarter of| our nations history. it was only | this week, almost a quarter of a century later, but the government promised all the convictions since then would be overturned. as the inquiry resumed, the victims hope it will give them the truth about what happened to them and why but they won't get those answers until it concludes early next year. ben boulos, bbc news. live now to our business correspondent, emma simpson, who's outside of the inquiry. tell us more about the evidence at the inquiry this morning. yes, i think what ben mentioned in his report was one of the most striking thing is we have heard this morning, is that stephen bradshaw gave this statement in a criminal trial as a witness, saying horizon was a robust but it wasn't his

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Newsnight

how do you know? there is lots of evidence they _ how do you know? there is lots of evidence they didn't _ how do you know? there is lots of evidence they didn't disclose - how do you know? there is lots of. evidence they didn't disclose things to the courts they should have done, civil cases and sometimes criminal cases and they helped the boards of the company, it looks for these are alinvestigations now but it look like they help the board mislead parliament and the courts, so there is a really serious set of allegation.— is a really serious set of alletation. , . , . �* allegation. they really are. am i naive to be _ allegation. they really are. am i naive to be shocked _ allegation. they really are. am i naive to be shocked by - allegation. they really are. am i naive to be shocked by that? - allegation. they really are. am i | naive to be shocked by that? are allegation. they really are. am i - naive to be shocked by that? are you saying there is evidence they misled the courts and parliament? yes. the courts and parliament? yes, absolutely. _ the courts and parliament? yes, absolutely, they _ the courts and parliament? yes, absolutely, they helped - the courts and parliament? ﬁe: absolutely, they helped mislead. helped. absolutely, they helped mislead. heled. �* absolutely, they helped mislead. heled. . , .,,.,_ ., absolutely, they helped mislead. heled. �* , , ., . , helped. and probably more directly misled. there _ helped. and probably more directly misled. there is _ helped. and probably more directly misled. there is certainly _ misled. there is certainly allegations before the inquiry to that effect i would say. ok. so they paula vegs went to parliament and said there is no evidence of miscarriages ofjustice, 2015. there absolutely was, that, some of that evidence had been reported to the board, lawyers had helped say to the board, lawyers had helped say to the board, we think your prosecution process is fundamentally sound, that kind of process, paula vegs said the

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