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E006: The UK Post Office Scandal and how they got that software so fatally wrong


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How did a series of bad software planning and execution decisions lead to at least four deaths, hundreds of prison sentences, and the financial ruin of thousands of people? And how did it take over two decades for justice to barely be served in exonerating the innocent victims of software bugs?

Warning: this post discusses the ramifications of the scandal, which includes suicide

Read more about the scandal and find links to our sources in our blog post on the topic: https://acceptancepod.com/2024/01/16/the-fatal-and-financially-ruinous-mistakes-of-the-uk-post-office-scandal/

Intro/Outro music from lemonmusicstudio: https://open.spotify.com/album/55huJO0lYmbv8AIcJKexVo?si=jN5zZR9cRReNwzabJKlUpQ

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