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UK government calls for expert input on computer evidence law

Former subpostmaster alan Bates
Former subpostmaster Alan Bates led the campaign against convictions secured using the legal presumption widely regarded as flawed. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Government signals willingness to change controversial presumption that computer evidence is correct.

The UK Department of Justice has called for expert views on the use of computer evidence in the criminal justice system as pressure grows to replace a 26-year-old legal presumption on the burden of proof.

A Law Commission recommendation in 1999 introduced the presumption that computer evidence was correct unless

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