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Does the UK not have habeus corpus?
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habeas_Corpus_Act_1679
About 350 years ago.
Then how the fuck can hundreds be convicted just because database said so?
the legal system is for punishing uppity serfs, not resolving the truth
because UK law said that computer systems should be assumed to be working correctly, which is exactly as stupid as it sounds.
?? How? When?
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/12/update-law-on-computer-evidence-to-avoid-horizon-repeat-ministers-urged
How does the UK manage to be even worse than the US?
They are the source
Latin for Habitable Corpse. A necrophiliac term suggesting beauty.