"Rishi Sunak's Plan to Exonerate Post Office Scandal Victims Faces Scrutiny"

The UK government plans to introduce legislation to automatically clear the names of individuals wrongly convicted in the Post Office Horizon software scandal, a move that is unprecedented and raises constitutional concerns. The proposed Bill will quash convictions without considering individual facts, potentially overturning guilty verdicts as well. While this aims to provide speedy justice for the innocent, it also poses moral and legal dilemmas, including the need to ensure swift expungement of criminal records and establish a process for compensation. Critics worry about the precedent this sets for government intervention in judicial decisions.