Posted 1/10/2024, 9:18:00 AM
Government Seeks Mass Exoneration in Post Office Scandal Amid Miscarriage of Justice Concerns
- Post Office scandal remains a focus ahead of PMQs, with the government looking to make an announcement
- Broad thrust of announcement will likely be to exonerate sub-postmasters en masse who were wrongly convicted
- Government is concerned about intervening in live legal cases and parliamentary overreach into judicial independence
- Politically, ministers see a mass exoneration as necessary due to the exceptional miscarriage of justice
- Some worry a universal pardon could exonerate some who were genuinely guilty along with the innocent