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Can dead postmasters be cleared?

Can dead postmasters be cleared?

Criminal Cases Review Commission asks courts to break new ground

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Joshua Rozenberg
Nov 29, 2023
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Two former Post Office branch managers who died a decade or more after they had been convicted of fraud-related offences may be cleared on appeal if the courts can be persuaded to break new legal ground. The Criminal Cases Review Commission has been reviewing the cases of subpostmasters whose convictions were based on evidence from the discredited Horiz…

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