Possibly, but a significant part of the point of introducing the software (given by Peter Lilley, who was minister at the time back in the 1990s) was to crack down on fraud in post offices, particula… (View Post)

Suggesting a guilty plea is not at all unreasonable advice to a client who claims they are the victim of an error. If, in several previous cases, people have been convicted and received tough sentenc… (View Post)

Well, not really. The whole point of the story is that, to the extent there were doubts about the reliability of the system, these were not made known (as they should have been under criminal procedu… (View Post)

No, they really can't do that. The whole basis of the Colorado decision is that Trump is constitutionally ineligible to be President, and that state law prevents someone who would be ineligible … (View Post)

I bet Alan Dershowitz wishes Prince Andrew had fought it. At 85, it'd be rather handy for Alan if the whole process was held up for a few years by a protracted court battle with someone else at … (View Post)