payment to victim compensation is. the issue is that if their convictions are not overturned, they cannot go through the compensation process so what the government is looking at is whether they can overturn all of those convictions are once and in whatever way they can and as we ve been saying, one of the options is they could look at passing an act declaring that convictions be crossed. a number of former ministers have suggested that would be the way forward but there is no unanimity among different people because for example, the former attorney general says if they did that, it would amount to parliamentary interference in the judicial process and he said that each case ought to be considered on its own merits and be sent to the criminal cases review commission which in this country investigates alleged miscarriages ofjustice and said that the idea of a new law would be a short cut that might leave people dissatisfied that they
own issues? there has already been changes. they no longer prosecute l own issues? there has already beenl changes. they no longer prosecute in quite the same way they did. and the key change they will be looking at now is how to deal with these legacy issues, these 700 convictions, and there could be more. a body was set “p there could be more. a body was set up to oversee the compensation process. they could be another couple of hundred cases in the system, so we could be talking more like 900 cases. only 93 also have been resolved, so there is growing pressure to resolve these as quickly as possible. that might require some kind of state intervention as the quickest way to make sure we get somejustice, some compensation quickest way to make sure we get some justice, some compensation and some justice, some compensation and some closure for these people, many of whom have two decades also trying to clear their names. hello from the bbc sport centre. rafael nadal has pulled out of
that will be very difficult. that will require some legislation to be passed in parliament. that is tricky constitutionally and politically, but it will be high on mps and mines when they return tomorrow. might we see a permanent change in how the post office investigates its own issues? there has already been changes. they no longer prosecute in quite the same way they did. and the key change they will be looking at now is how to deal with these legacy issues, these 700 convictions, and there could be more. a body was set up to oversee the compensation process. they could be another couple of hundred cases in the system, so we could be talking more like 900 cases. only 93 also have been resolved, so there is growing pressure to resolve these as quickly as possible. that might require some kind of state intervention as the quickest way to make sure we get some justice, some compensation and some closure for these people, many of whom have two decades also trying to clear their names.
else s face. i think maybe some of us are getting better at disguising| us are getting better at disguising our anger. that may be the issue. it s been described as one of the worst miscarriages ofjustice in uk history a faulty accounting system that lead to the wrongful convictions of more than 700 postal workers for theft. now, the official enquiry into the scandal is looking into the compensation process for a third time, as many victims say they have yet to receive any money. emma simpson reports. he was the first witness to give evidence at the public inquiry. the eole evidence at the public inquiry. the people who evidence at the public inquiry. tte: people who did this, they should be investigated. not a single person has been brought to charge. but! investigated. not a single person has been brought to charge. and ten months on he has been brought to charge. and ten months on he has has been brought to charge. and ten months on he has still has been brought to charge